imperial
Middle English
/impɛriˈaːl/
adj
Definitions
- imperial; related to or being of an empire or its ruler.
- Befitting or appropriate for someone of imperial rank; superb.
- Unsurpassed, unmatched; lacking an equal or equivalent.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French imperial derived from Latin imperiālis (imperial, of the empire emperor) affix from Middle English emperie.
Origin
Middle English
emperie
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- empery English
- extraimperial English
- imperial English
- imperialism English
- imperialist English
- imperialistic English
- imperiality English
- imperialization English
- imperialize English
- imperially English
- imperialness English
- nonimperial English
- postimperial English
- preimperial English
- imperiālis Latin
- imperiale Italian
- imperiale French
- impérial French
- imperial Spanish, Castilian
- imperial Portuguese
- emperie Middle English
- emperie Old French
- imperial Old French
- imperial Catalan, Valencian