English

Etymology
From French empereur, from Latin imperator, emperor or commander, from imperare, command.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/��mp�ɹ�/, SAMPA|/"Emp@r\@/
(General American|US) IPA|/��mp�ɹ�/, SAMPA|/"Emp@r\@`/

Noun
en-noun

1. The male monarch or ruler of an empire.

Translations

Armenian: Õ¯Õ¡ÕµÕ½Ö�
Bosnian: car m, imperator m (of Russia, Bulgaria)
Bulgarian: �а� m, импе�а�о� m
Chinese: �� (huáng dì)
Czech: císa� m
Danish: kejser
Dutch: keizer m
Finnish: t+|fi|keisari
French: empereur m
German: t+|de|Kaiser|m
Greek: t+|el|α��οκ�ά���|m|scGrek, t+|el|α��οκ�ά�ο�α�|m|scGrek
Hungarian: császár
Icelandic: t+|is|keisari|m
Ido: cezaro
Italian: t+|it|imperatore|m
Japanese: �� (teiou, general term for Emperor), �� (k�tei, Emperor in general); 天� (tenn�, Emperor of Japan)
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Korean: �� (hwangje)
Latin: t+|la|imperator|m
Lithuanian: imperatorius m
Malayalam: സാമ�രാ���� (saamraattu)
Norwegian: keiser m
Polish: imperator m, cesarz m
Portuguese: imperador m
Russian: импе�а�о� (imp'erátor) m
Scottish Gaelic: àrd-rìgh m
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: �а� m, импе�а�о�
:* 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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