Emperor

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage Note 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Related Terms

English

Etymology

From French empereur, from Latin imperator, emperor or commander, from imperare, command.

Noun

emperor, plural emperors

1. The male monarch or ruler of an empire

• The female equivalent is empress.

Usage Note

• An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.

Translations

• Chinese: 皇帝
• Dutch: keizer m
• Finnish: keisari
• French: empereur m
• German: Kaiser m
• Italian: imperatore m
• Japanese: 帝王 (teiou, general term for Emperor), 皇帝 (kōtei, Emperor in general); 天皇 (tennō, Emperor of Japan)
• Latin: imperator m
• Lithuanian: imperatorius m
• Slovak: cisár m, cár m (of Russia, Bulgaria)
• Slovene: cesar m
• Spanish: emperador m

Related Terms

• empire
• empress
• imperial
• imperialism
• imperially