imperatrise

See also: imperatrisē

Latvian

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin imperātrīx (“female ruler”).

imperatrise f (5th declension, masculine form: imperators)

empress (the wife of an emperor)
Krievijas imperatrise Aleksandra Fjodorovna ― the empress of Russia, Aleksandra Fjodorovna (Nicholas II's wife)

In Latvian, an emperor's wife is called imperatrise, while the female ruler of an empire is called imperatore.

Declension of imperatrise (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	imperatrise	imperatrises
accusative (akuzatīvs)	imperatrisi	imperatrises
genitive (ģenitīvs)	imperatrises	imperatrišu
dative (datīvs)	imperatrisei	imperatrisēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	imperatrisi	imperatrisēm
locative (lokatīvs)	imperatrisē	imperatrisēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	imperatrise	imperatrises