Meaning

9 senses
  1. The male monarch or ruler of an empire.

    In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of the emperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death.

    the male ruler of an empire

  2. Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.

  3. Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.

    The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.

    Kaiser, Imperator

    импера́торimperátor, царьcarʹ

    імпера́торimperátor, царtsar

  4. The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.

  5. A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.

  6. Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.

  7. Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.

  8. Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.

  9. An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).

Examples

105 sentences
  1. Are you the emperor?

    deSind Sie der Kaiser? — Waldelfe

  2. The princess begged forgiveness from the emperor.

    ruПринцесса молила императора о прощении. — sharptoothed

    deDie Prinzessin bettelte beim Herrscher um Vergebung. — andz

  3. I am the emperor of Earth.

    Я імператор Землі. — rul · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruЯ император Земли. — rul · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deIch bin der Kaiser der Erde. — rul · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. The emperor doesn't have any clothes on.

    deDer Kaiser trägt keine Kleider. — BRW

  5. In an empty place, an emperor has no power.

Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Origin

From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived

From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.

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