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English
Etymology
From French empereur, from Latin imperator, emperor or commander, from imperare, command.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/ˈɛmpəɹə/, SAMPA|/"Emp@r\@/
(General American|US)
IPA|/ˈɛmpəɹɚ/, SAMPA|/"Emp@r\@`/
Noun
en-noun
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
Translations
Armenian: Õ¯Õ¡ÕµÕ½Ö€
Bosnian: car m, imperator m (of Russia, Bulgaria)
Bulgarian:
цар m, император m
Chinese:
çš‡å¸ (huáng dì)
Czech: cÃsaÅ™ m
Danish: kejser
Dutch: keizer
m
Finnish: t+|fi|keisari
French: empereur m
German: t+|de|Kaiser|m
Greek:
t+|el|αυτοκÏάτωÏ|m|scGrek,
t+|el|αυτοκÏάτοÏας|m|scGrek
Hungarian:
császár
Icelandic: t+|is|keisari|m
Ido: cezaro
Italian: t+|it|imperatore|m
Japanese: å¸çŽ‹ (teiou, general term for Emperor), çš‡å¸ (kÅtei, Emperor in general); 天皇 (tennÅ, Emperor of Japan)
mid
Korean: í™©ì œ (hwangje)
Latin: t+|la|imperator|m
Lithuanian: imperatorius m
Malayalam:
സാമàµà´°à´¾à´Ÿàµà´Ÿàµ
(saamraattu)
Norwegian: keiser m
Polish: imperator m, cesarz m
Portuguese: imperador m
Russian:
император (imp'erátor) m
Scottish Gaelic:
à rd-rìgh m
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: цар m,
император
:* Latin: car m, imperator
Slovak:
cisár m, cár m (of Russia, Bulgaria)
Slovene: t+|sl|cesar|m
Spanish: t-|es|emperador|m
Swedish:
kejsare
Turkish: imparator
Welsh: ymerawdwr
Usage notes
An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.
Related terms
empire
empress
imperial
imperialism
imperially
Derived terms
emperor penguin
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