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Etymology [edit]
From Old French empereür (Modern French empereur), from Latin imperator (“emperor; commander”), from imperare (“ to command”).
Pronunciation [edit]
emperor (plural emperors)
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- (medieval political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- 2001, Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
- But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]
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Translations [edit]
ruler of an empire
- Ancient Greek: καῖσαρ m, αὐτάναξ m
- Arabic: قيصر (ar) (qaySar) m, إمبراطور (ar) ('imbraaTuur) m
- Armenian: կայսր (hy) (kaysr)
- Old Armenian: կայսր (kaysr), կեսար (kesar)
- Aromanian: ampirat (rup) m
- Bengali: সম্রাট (bn)
- Bosnian: car m, imperator m (of Russia, Bulgaria)
- Breton: impalaer (br)
- Bulgarian: цар (bg) (car) m, император (bg) (imperator) m
- Catalan: emperador (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 皇帝 (wong4 dai3)
- Dungan: хуанди (huandi)
- Mandarin: 皇帝 (cmn) (huángdì), 帝王 (cmn) (dìwáng), 天皇 (cmn) (tiānhuáng) (of Japan)
- Czech: císař (cs) m
- Danish: kejser (da), Keiseren (da)
- Dutch: keizer (nl) m
- Esperanto: imperiestro (eo)
- Estonian: keiser (et)
- Finnish: keisari (fi)
- French: empereur (fr) m
- Friulian: imperadôr m
- Galician: emperador (gl)
- Georgian: იმპერატორი (ka) (imp'erat'ori)
- German: Kaiser (de) m, Imperator (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: αὐτοκράτωρ m
- Modern: αυτοκράτορας (el) (aftokrátoras) m
- Hebrew: קיסר (he)
- Hungarian: császár (hu), cár (hu)
- Icelandic: keisari (is) m
- Ido: cezaro (io)
- Indonesian: kaisar (id)
- Interlingua: imperator (ia)
- Irish: impire (ga) m
- Italian: imperatore (it) m
- Japanese: 帝王 (ja) (teiō) (general term for Emperor), 皇帝 (ja) (kōtei) (Emperor in general); 天皇 (ja) (tennō) (Emperor of Japan)
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- Jèrriais: empéreu m
- Khmer: អធិរាជ (km) (atʰiriech), ព្រះចៅអធិរាជ (km) (preah chav atʰiriech), រាជាធិរាជ (km) (riechie tʰiriech)
- Korean: 황제 (hwangje), 천황 (ko) (cheonhwang) (of Japan)
- Kurdish: emperator (ku), qeyser (ku)
- Latin: imperator (la) m
- Latvian: imperators (lv) m, ķeizars (lv)
- Lithuanian: imperatorius (lt) m
- Luxembourgish: Keeser (lb)
- Macedonian: цар (mk) (car) m, император (mk) (imperátor) m
- Malay: kaisar (ms), maharaja (ms), khakan (ms)
- Malayalam: സാമ്രാട്ട് (saamraattu)
- Mandinka: mansa
- Manx: ard-ree (gv) m
- Marathi: सम्राट (mr) (samrāṭ) m
- Mongolian: эзэн хаан (mn) (ezen haan)
- Norwegian: keiser (no) m
- Occitan: emperador (oc) m
- Old Provençal: emperador
- Polish: imperator (pl) m, cesarz (pl) m
- Portuguese: imperador (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਸਮਰਾਟ (pa) (samrāṭ)
- Romanian: împărat (ro) m
- Romansch: imperatur (rm) m, imperataur (rm) m, imperatour (rm) m, caiser (rm) m
- Russian: император (ru) (imperátor) m, (czar) царь (ru) (car’) m
- Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire (gd)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: цар m, император
- Latin: car m, imperator
- Sicilian: mpiraturi (scn)
- Slovak: cisár (sk) m, cár (sk) m (of Russia, Bulgaria)
- Slovene: cêsar (sl) m
- Spanish: emperador (es) m
- Swahili: kaisari (sw)
- Swedish: kejsare (sv)
- Thai: จักรพรรดิ (th) (càkkraphát)
- Turkish: imparator (tr)
- Vietnamese: hoàng đế (vi), thiên hoàng (vi) (of Japan)
- Welsh: ymerawdwr (cy)
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