Meaning

10 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.

  3. (uncountable)A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.

  4. (countable)Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A crown imperial.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).

    a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III

  7. (countable, uncountable)A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.

  8. (countable, historical, uncountable)An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.

  9. (countable, historical, uncountable)A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A variety of green tea.

Examples

29 sentences

  1. I took him to the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

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  2. Meet me at the lobby of the Imperial Hotel at 6:30 p.m.

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  3. To change the units from metric to imperial and vice versa, the 'menu' button must be clicked.

    Щоб змінити одиниці виміру з метричних на британські або навпаки, необхідно натиснути на кнопку «меню».

    ruЧтобы изменить единицы измерения с метрических на британские или наоборот, необходимо нажать на кнопку «меню».

    deUm die Einheiten vom metrischen ins angloamerikanische Maßsystem und umgekehrt zu ändern, muss der ‚Menü‘-Button geklickt werden.

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  4. The Supreme Court is located near the Imperial Palace.

    Верховний Суд розташований бiля Iмперського Палацу.

    deDer Oberste Gerichtshof befindet sich in der Nähe des Kaiserpalastes.

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  5. In the imperial measurement system, four quarts equals one gallon.

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Origin

From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the emp

From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ.

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Forms

plural: imperials
Singularimperial
Pluralimperials

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
royalA2
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
imperfectimperfectionimperfectlyimperialismimperialistimpermeable
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