English → Arabic
captain in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- qāʾid
- Arabizi
qa2id- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- قَادَةٌ qādah
- Root
- ق و د
How to use it
"Captain" in Arabic is قَائِد. It is used for the leader of a team, a ship, or any group. The word is masculine; the feminine plural is قَادَة. No definite article is needed unless you refer to a specific captain.
Example sentences
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قَائِدُ الفَرِيقِ يَصْفِرُ النِّقَاطَ.
qāʾidu al-farīqi yaṣfiru an-niqāṭa.
The team captain scores the points.
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قَائِدُ السَّفِينَةِ يَأْمُرُ بِالْإِقْلَاعِ.
qāʾidu as-safīna yaʾmuru bil-iqlaʿi.
The ship's captain orders the departure.
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قَائِدُ الْمَشْرُوعِ يَتَحَمَّلُ المَسْؤُولِيَّةَ.
qāʾidu al-mashrūʿi yataḥammalu al-masʾūliyyata.
The project captain bears the responsibility.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
1985 Police captain.
1985 نقيب في الشرطة.
Captain Jamba Mustaoha
النقيب جامبا موستاوها
Mike is the team's captain.
مايك هو قائد الفريق.
Mike is captain of our team.
مايك هو قائد الفريق.
Source: Captain Karl, B, 2003.
المصدر: كابتن كارل، ب، 2003.
We elected her captain of our team.
انتخبناها رئيسة لفريقنا.
We made Tom the captain of the team.
جعلنا توم رئيس الفريق
I am not the captain of the new team.
لست قبطان الفريق الجديد.
He is worthy to be captain of our team.
إنه جدير بأن يكون قائد فريقنا.
He became the team captain three years later.
وبعد ثلاث سنوات، أصبح كابتن الفريق.
Christiano Zanetti, an Argentine, is captain of Inter Milan.
وكريستيانو زانيتي اللاعب الأرجنتيني يحمل لقب كابتن فريق إنتر ميلان.
Captain William Keeling (1578–1620), of the East India Company, was a British sea captain.
وليام كيلينغ كان الكابتن وليام كيلينغ (1578-1620)، من شركة الهند الشرقية، نقيب في البحرية البريطانية.
Questions and answers
Can "قَائِد" be used for a military rank?
Yes, it can refer to a military commander, but the specific rank is usually expressed with words like رَئِيس أو نَقْلَة.
What is the feminine form?
The feminine plural قَادَة is used for a group of female leaders; there is no singular feminine form.
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