captain meaning in Tamil
தரைப்படை
/ˈkæp.tɪn//ˈkæp.tən/
captain in Tamil: தரைப்படை, வான்படை. In English, captain means a chief or leader.
Tamil words for captain
- தரைப்படை, வான்படை
English meaning of captain
- noun A chief or leader.
- noun The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- noun An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- noun A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
captain in a sentence
- The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
- John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
Synonyms of captain
captain in other languages
- captain in Hindi
- captain in Marathi
- captain in Urdu
- captain in Bengali
- captain in Telugu
- captain in Malayalam
- captain in Kannada
- captain in Gujarati
- captain in Odia
- captain in Nepali
- captain in Tagalog
- captain in Arabic
- captain in Malay
- captain in Indonesian
- captain in Persian
- captain in Thai
- captain in Vietnamese
- captain in Myanmar
Questions about captain in Tamil
- What is the meaning of captain in Tamil?
- Captain in Tamil is தரைப்படை, வான்படை.
- captain என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Captain: தரைப்படை, வான்படை.
- What does captain mean in English?
- Captain means a chief or leader.
Source and license
Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: captain (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: captain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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