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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA: /ˈɛmpəɹə/,
(General American|US) IPA: /ˈɛmpəɹɚ/,

Noun

The male monarch or ruler of an empire.

Translations

Arabic: قيصر (qaysar)
Armenian: {{t|hy|կայսր|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}
Bosnian: car , imperator (of Russia, Bulgaria)
Breton: {{t|br|impalaer|xs=Breton}}
Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|цар|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|император|m|sc=Cyrl}}
Catalan:
Chinese:
: Cantonese: 皇帝 (wong4 dai3)
: Mandarin: 皇帝 (huáng dì)
Czech: {{t-|cs|císař|m}}
Danish:
Dutch: {{t+|nl|keizer|m}}
Esperanto: {{t|eo|imperiestro|xs=Esperanto}}
Estonian:
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|empereur|m}}
Galician: {{t-|gl|emperador|xs=Galician}}
German: {{t+|de|Kaiser|m}}
Greek: {{t+|el|αυτοκράτωρ|m|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|αυτοκράτορας|m|sc=Grek}}
Hebrew: {{t|he|קיסר|sc=Hebr}}
Hungarian:
Icelandic: {{t+|is|keisari|m}}
Ido: {{t|io|cezaro|xs=Ido}}
Indonesian: {{t|id|kaisar|xs=Indonesian}}
Italian: {{t+|it|imperatore|m}}

Japanese: {{t-|ja|帝王|tr=teiō|sc=Jpan}} (general term for Emperor), {{t+|ja|皇帝|tr=kōtei|sc=Jpan}} (Emperor in general); {{t+|ja|天皇|tr=tennō|sc=Jpan}} (Emperor of Japan)
Korean: 황제 (hwangje)
Latin: {{t+|la|imperator|m}}
Lithuanian: {{t|lt|imperatorius|m|xs=Lithuanian}}
Malayalam: സാമ്രാട്ട് (saamraattu)
Norwegian: {{t|no|keiser|m}}
Polish: {{t+|pl|imperator|m}}, {{t+|pl|cesarz|m}}
Portuguese: {{t|pt|imperador|m}}
Russian: {{t|ru|император|m|tr=imp'erátor|sc=Cyrl}}
Scottish Gaelic: {{t-|gd|àrd-rìgh|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}, {{t|gd|Ceusair|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
Serbian:

:* Cyrillic: цар , император :* Latin: car , imperator

Slovak: {{t+|sk|cisár|m}}, {{t-|sk|cár|m}} (of Russia, Bulgaria)
Slovene: {{t+|sl|cesar|m}}
Spanish: {{t-|es|emperador|m}}
Swahili: {{t|sw|kaisari|xs=Swahili}}
Swedish:
Turkish:
Vietnamese: {{t|vi|hoàng đế|xs=Vietnamese}}
Welsh: {{t|cy|ymerawdwr|xs=Welsh}}

Usage notes

An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.

Related terms

Derived terms

emperor penguin

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur,
L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to
prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative,
Empress.]
The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of
dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany
or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.
[1913 Webster]

Emperor goose (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome goose
(Philacte canagica), found in Alaska.

Emperor moth (Zo["o]l.), one of several large and beautiful
bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as
the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and
the European species (Saturnia pavonia).

Emperor paper. See under Paper.

Purple emperor (Zo["o]l.), a large, strong British
butterfly (Apatura iris).
[1913 Webster]

WordNet emperor
n 1: the male ruler of an empire
2: red table grape of California
3: large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily
scaled transparent wings [syn: emperor moth, {Saturnia
pavonia}]
4: large richly colored butterfly [syn: emperor butterfly]

Moby Dictionary
anointed king , chief , chieftain , crowned head , dynast , grand duke ,
high chief , imperator , king , king-emperor , kinglet , lord paramount ,
majesty , monarch , overlord , paramount , petty king , potentate ,
prince , prince consort , royal , royal personage , royalty , ruler ,
sovereign , suzerain , tetrarch

EMPEROR, an officer. This word is synonymous with the Latin imperator; they are both derived from the. verb imperare. Literally, it signifies he who commands. 2. Under the Roman republic, the title emperor was the generic name given to the commanders-in-chief in the armies. But even then the application of the word was restrained to the successful commander, who was declared emperor by the acclamations of the army, and was afterwards honored with the title by a decree of the senate. 3. It, is now used to designate some sovereign prince who bears this title. Ayl. Pand. tit. 23.