imperialis

Latin

Alternative forms

• inperiālis

Etymology

From imperium (“empire, imperial government”) +‎ -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.pe.riˈaː.lis/, [ɪmpɛriˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.riˈa.lis/, [imperiˈäːlis]

Adjective

imperiālis (neuter imperiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of the empire or emperor, imperial

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	imperiālis	imperiāle		imperiālēs	imperiālia
Genitive	imperiālis			imperiālium
Dative	imperiālī			imperiālibus
Accusative	imperiālem	imperiāle		imperiālēs imperiālīs	imperiālia
Ablative	imperiālī			imperiālibus
Vocative	imperiālis	imperiāle		imperiālēs	imperiālia

Synonyms

• (imperial): dominicus

Related terms

• imperābiliter
• imperāns
• imperātīvē
• imperātīvus

• imperātōr
• imperātōriē
• imperātōrius
• imperātrīx

• imperātum
• imperātus
• imperiābiliter
• imperiōsē

• imperiōsus
• imperitō
• imperium
• imperō

Descendants

• Catalan: imperial
• English: imperial
• French: impérial
• Italian: imperiale

• Portuguese: imperial
• Romanian: imperial
• Spanish: imperial

References

• “imperialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• imperialis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• imperialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• imperialis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016