imperial
English
/ɪmˈpɪ.ɹi.əl/
adj
Definitions
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- Very grand or fine.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English imperial derived from Old French imperial derived from Latin imperiālis (imperial, of the empire emperor).
Origin
Latin
imperiālis
Gloss
imperial, of the empire emperor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Euroimperialism English
- anti-imperialism English
- anti-imperialist English
- antiimperialist English
- archimperialist English
- counter-imperialism English
- counter-imperialist English
- cyberimperialism English
- deimperialization English
- disimperialism English
- extraimperial English
- hyperimperialism English
- imperialism English
- imperialist English
- imperialistic English
- imperialistically English
- imperiality English
- imperialization English
- imperialize English
- imperially English
- imperialness English
- interimperialist English
- neoimperialism English
- neoimperialist English
- nonimperial English
- nonimperialist English
- nonimperialistic English
- postimperial English
- preimperial English
- ultraimperialism English
- imperialismi Finnish
- imperiālis Latin
- imperiale Italian
- imperiale French
- impérial French
- imperial Spanish, Castilian
- imperial Portuguese
- emperie Middle English
- imperial Middle English
- imperial Old French
- imperial Catalan, Valencian
- imperially
- imperialize
- imperiality
- preimperial
- nonimperial
- imperialism
- imperialist
- imperialness
- postimperial
- extraimperial
- imperialistic
- disimperialism
- nonimperialist
- neoimperialism
- neoimperialist
- antiimperialist
- Euroimperialism
- archimperialist
- imperialization
- anti-imperialism
- ultraimperialism
- interimperialist
- nonimperialistic
- cyberimperialism
- hyperimperialism
- anti-imperialist
- deimperialization
- imperialistically
- counter-imperialism
- counter-imperialist