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1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Related terms
  - 1.2.2 Translations

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Emperor

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɛmpɹəs/, SAMPA: /"Empr\@s/

[edit] Noun

Singular
empress

Plural
empresses

empress (plural empresses)

The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persian shah).
The female monarch of an empire.

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emperor

[edit] Translations

wife or widow of an emperor

Arabic: إمبراطورة ar(ar) ('imbiraTuura) f., زوجة إمبراطور ar(ar) (zawjat 'imbiraTuur) f.
Armenian: կայսրուհի hy(hy) (kaysruhi)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 皇后 cmn(cmn) (huánghòu), 女皇 cmn(cmn) (nǚhuáng)
Czech: císařovna cs(cs) f.
Danish: kejserinde c., (widow of an emperor:) enkekejserinde c.
Dutch: keizerin nl(nl) f.
Finnish: keisarinna fi(fi)
German: Kaiserin de(de) f.
Greek: αυτοκράτειρα el(el) f.
Hungarian: császárné hu(hu)

Japanese: 皇后 ja(ja) (こうごう, kōgō)
Lithuanian: imperatorienė lt(lt) f.
Macedonian: царица mk(mk) (сárica) f., императорка mk(mk) (imperátorka) f.
Norwegian:
- Bokmål keiserinne no(no)
- Nynorsk keisarinne nn(nn)
Romanian: împărăteasă ro(ro) f.
Russian: императрица ru(ru) (imperatríca) f.
Slovene: cesarica sl(sl) f.
West Frisian: keizerinne fy(fy) c.

female monarch of an empire

Arabic: إمبراطورة ar(ar) ('imbiraTuura) f.
Armenian: կայսրուհի hy(hy) (kaysruhi)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 皇后 cmn(cmn) (huánghòu), 女皇 cmn(cmn) (nǚhuáng)
Czech: císařovna cs(cs) f.
Danish: kejserinde c.
Dutch: keizerin nl(nl) f.
Finnish: keisarinna fi(fi)
French: impératrice fr(fr) f.
German: Kaiserin de(de) f.
Greek: αυτοκράτειρα el(el) f.
Hungarian: császárnő hu(hu)

Japanese: 女帝 ja(ja) (じょてい, jotei)
Lithuanian: imperatorė lt(lt) f.
Macedonian: царица mk(mk) (cárica) f., императорка mk(mk) (imperátorka) f.
Norwegian:
- Bokmål keiserinne no(no)
- Nynorsk keisarinne nn(nn)
Romanian: împărăteasă ro(ro) f.
Russian: императрица ru(ru) (imperatríca) f.
Slovene: cesarica sl(sl) f.
West Frisian: keizerinne fy(fy) c.

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Bosnian: carica f., imperatorka f.
Finnish: šaahitar fi(fi)
Italian: imperatrice f.
Korean: 황후 (hwanghu)
Latin: imperatrix
Marathi: महाराणी (mahārānī)

Scottish Gaelic: àrd-bhainrìgh f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: царица f., императорка f.
Latin: carica f., imperatorka f.

Slovak: cisárovná f., cárovná f. (of Russia, Bulgaria)
Turkish: imparatoriçe

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