English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Old French empereür empereur 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 kaisar ), αὐτάναξ m autanaks )
Arabic: قيصر m qaySar ), إمبراطور m 'imbraaTuur )
Armenian: կայսր kaysr )
Old Armenian: կայսր kaysr ), կեսար kesar )
Aromanian: ampirat m
Asturian: emperador m
Bengali: সম্রাট
Breton: impalaer
Bulgarian: цар (bg) m car ), император (bg) m imperator )
Catalan: emperador (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 皇帝 wong4 dai3 )
Dungan: хуанди huandi )
Mandarin: 皇帝 (zh) (huángdì ), 帝王 (zh) (dìwáng ), 天皇 (zh) (tiānhuáng ) (of Japan)
Czech: císař (cs) m
Danish: kejser (da) , Keiseren
Dutch: keizer (nl) m
Esperanto: imperiestro
Estonian: keiser (et) , imperaator
Extremaduran: emperaol m
Finnish: keisari (fi)
French: empereur (fr) m
Friulian: imperadôr m
Galician: emperador m
Georgian: იმპერატორი imperatori )
German: Kaiser (de) m Imperator m
Greek:
Ancient: αὐτοκράτωρ m autokratōr )
Modern: αυτοκράτορας (el) m aftokrátoras )
Hebrew: קיסר (he)
Hungarian: császár (hu) , cár (hu)
Icelandic: keisari (is) m
Ido: cezaro (io)
Indonesian: kaisar (id)
Interlingua: imperator
Irish: impire m
Italian: imperatore (it) m
Japanese: 皇帝 (ja) (kōtei ) (Emperor in general), 帝王 (ja) (teiō ) (general term for emperor or monarch), 天皇 (ja) (tennō ) (Emperor of Japan)
Jèrriais: empéreu m
Khmer: អធិរាជ (km) (atʰiriech ), ព្រះចៅអធិរាជ preah chav atʰiriech ), រាជាធិរាជ riechie tʰiriech )
Korean: 황제 (ko) (hwangje ), 천황 (ko) (cheonhwang ) (of Japan)
Kurdish: emperator (ku) , qeyser (ku)
Latin: imperator (la) m
Latvian: imperators m ķeizars
Lithuanian: imperatorius m
Luxembourgish: Keeser
Macedonian: цар m car ), император m imperátor )
Malay: kaisar maharaja khakan
Malayalam: സാമ്രാട്ട് saamraattu )
Mandinka: mansa
Manx: ard-ree m
Marathi: सम्राट m samrāṭ )
Mongolian: эзэн хаан 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 samrāṭ )
Romanian: împărat (ro) m
Romansch: imperatur m imperataur m imperatour m caiser m
Russian: император (ru) m imperátor ), ( czar ) царь (ru) m car’ )
Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цар m император
Latin: car m imperator
Sicilian: mpiraturi
Slovak: cisár (sk) m cár (sk) m
Slovene: cêsar m
Spanish: emperador (es) m
Swahili: kaisari
Swedish: kejsare (sv)
Thai: จักรพรรดิ càkkraphát )
Turkish: imparator (tr)
Vietnamese: hoàng đế (vi) , thiên hoàng
Welsh: ymerawdwr
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