Google
 

AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

 
 
Complete Definition of "imperial"

wikipedia
English

Etymology
From Latin imperialis, from imperium, command, + adjective suffix -alis

Adjective
imperial

#related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
#relating to the British imperial system of measurement.

Translations
Dutch: keizerlijk
German: imperial

Synonyms
imperial system
(jocular) old money

Derived terms
imperially
imperial prince
imperial princess
imperious

Related terms
top2
emperor
empire
empress
imperare
imperator
mid2
king
noble
queen
regal
royal

Noun
en-noun

  1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.

Usage notes
A Champagne or Burgundy wine bottle with this volume would be called a Methuselah.

io:imperial
hu:imperial
pl:imperial
pt:imperial
ru:imperial
fi:imperial
te:imperial
vi:imperial
zh:imperial

Revision and Credits for"imperial"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.


Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2012 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.