Meaning

6 senses
  1. The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.

    Kaiserin

    императри́цаimperatríca, цари́цаcaríca

    імператри́цяimperatrýcja, цари́цяcarýcja

  2. The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.

    Kaiserin

    императри́цаimperatríca

    імператри́цяimperatrýcja

    a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor

  3. The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.

  4. (rare)A female chimpanzee.

  5. A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa

  6. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom impressed the empress.

    deTom beeindruckte die Kaiserin.

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  2. The empress was not impressed.

    deDie Kaiserin war nicht beeindruckt.

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  3. Many emperors and empresses have lived in Schönbrunn Palace.

    deViele Kaiser und Kaiserinnen haben in Schloss Schönbrunn gelebt.

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  4. Despite her title of Empress of India, Queen Victoria never went there herself.

    ruНесмотря на свой титул императрицы Индии, королева Виктория сама там никогда не бывала.

    deTrotz ihres Titels der Kaiserin von Indien ist Königin Victoria nie selbst dort gewesen.

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  5. Empress Dowager Cixi held control in China for forty-seven years.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
female monarch of an empire:
Русский
By meaning 1
female monarch of an empire:
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female monarch of an empire:

Origin

From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from

From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix. Compare modern French impératrice.

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