emperor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛmph(ə)ɹə/
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• Australian: /ˈemp(ə)ɹə/
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• Australian: [ˈemph(ə)ɹə]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈe̝mp(ɘ)ɹɘ/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈe̝mpɹɘ]
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹɚ/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈɛmph(ə)ɹɚ]
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• /ˈɪ̟mp(ə)ɹɚ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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• [ˈɪ̟mph(ə)ɹɚ] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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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.

206 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: perandor — ruler of an empire
• Arabic: قَيْصَر (qayṣar) — ruler of an empire
• Arabic: إِمْبْرَاطُور (ʔimbrāṭūr) — ruler of an empire
• Arabic: إِمْبْراطور (ʔimbrāṭōr) — ruler of an empire
• Armenian: կայսր (kaysr) — ruler of an empire
• Old Armenian: կայսր (kaysr) — ruler of an empire
• Old Armenian: կեսար (kesar) — ruler of an empire
• Aromanian: ampirat — ruler of an empire
• Asturian: emperador — ruler of an empire
• Azerbaijani: imperator — ruler of an empire
• Azerbaijani: padşah — ruler of an empire
• Basque: enperadorea — ruler of an empire
• Belarusian: імпера́тар (impjerátar) — ruler of an empire
• Belarusian: цар (tsar) — ruler of an empire
• Bengali: সম্রাট (śomraṭ) — ruler of an empire
• Breton: impalaer — ruler of an empire
• Bulgarian: импера́тор (imperátor) — ruler of an empire
• Burmese: ဧကရာဇ် (eka.raj) — ruler of an empire
• Catalan: emperador — ruler of an empire
• Chinese Cantonese: 皇帝 (wong4 dai3) — ruler of an empire
• Chinese: хуонди (huondi) — ruler of an empire
• Chinese: хуоншон (huonšon) — ruler of an empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 皇帝 (huángdì) — ruler of an empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 帝王 (dìwáng) — ruler of an empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 皇上 — ruler of an empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 天皇 (tiānhuáng) — ruler of an empire
• Coptic: ⲁⲩⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ (autokratōr) — ruler of an empire
• Czech: císař — ruler of an empire
• Old Czech: ciesař — ruler of an empire
• Danish: kejser — ruler of an empire
• Dutch: keizer — ruler of an empire
• Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཆེན (rgyal chen) — ruler of an empire
• Esperanto: imperiestro — ruler of an empire
• Estonian: keiser — ruler of an empire
• Estonian: imperaator — ruler of an empire
• Extremaduran: emperaol — ruler of an empire
• Faroese: keisari — ruler of an empire
• Finnish: keisari — ruler of an empire
• French: empereur — ruler of an empire
• North Frisian: keiser — ruler of an empire
• Saterland Frisian: Kaiser — ruler of an empire
• West-Frisian: keizer — ruler of an empire
• Friulian: imperadôr — ruler of an empire
• Galician: emperador — ruler of an empire
• Georgian: იმპერატორი (imṗeraṭori) — ruler of an empire
• German: Kaiser — ruler of an empire
• German: Imperator — ruler of an empire
• Greek: αυτοκράτορας (aftokrátoras) — ruler of an empire
• Ancient Greek: αὐτοκράτωρ (autokrátōr) — ruler of an empire
• Ancient Greek: καῖσαρ (kaîsar) — ruler of an empire
• Ancient Greek: αὐτάναξ (autánax) — ruler of an empire
• Hebrew: קיסר \ קֵיסָר (kesár, keysár) — ruler of an empire
• Hindi: सम्राट (samrāṭ) — ruler of an empire
• Hindi: महाराजा (mahārājā) — ruler of an empire
• Hindi: चक्रवर्ती (cakravartī) — ruler of an empire
• Hindi: अधिराज (adhirāj) — ruler of an empire
• Hungarian: császár — ruler of an empire
• Icelandic: keisari — ruler of an empire
• Ido: cezaro — ruler of an empire
• Ido: imperiestro — ruler of an empire
• Indonesian: kaisar — ruler of an empire
• Indonesian: maharaja — ruler of an empire
• Interlingua: imperator — ruler of an empire
• Irish: impire — ruler of an empire
• Italian: imperatore — ruler of an empire
• Japanese: 皇帝 (kōtei) — ruler of an empire
• Japanese: 帝王 (teiō) — ruler of an empire
• Japanese: 天皇 (tennō) — ruler of an empire
• Japanese: 帝 (mikado) — ruler of an empire
• Kazakh: император (imperator) — ruler of an empire
• Kazakh: патша (patşa) — ruler of an empire
• Khmer: អធិរាជ (ʼaʼthiriəc) — ruler of an empire
• Khmer: រាជាធិរាជ (riəciəthiriəc) — ruler of an empire
• Khmer: សម្រាជ (sɑmraac) — ruler of an empire
• Korean: 황제 (hwangje) — ruler of an empire
• Korean: 천황 (cheonhwang) — ruler of an empire
• Korean: 제왕 (jewang) — ruler of an empire
• Northern Kurdish: padşeh — ruler of an empire
• Northern Kurdish: şehanşeh — ruler of an empire
• Kyrgyz: император (imperator) — ruler of an empire
• Kyrgyz: падыша (padışa) — ruler of an empire
• Lao: ຈັກກະພັດ (chak ka phat) — ruler of an empire
• Lao: ຈັກກະວັດ (chak ka wat) — ruler of an empire
• Lao: ນໍຣິນ (nǭ rin) — ruler of an empire
• Lao: ນໍລິນ (nǭ lin) — ruler of an empire
• Lao: ຣາເຊນ (rā sēn) — ruler of an empire
• Latin: imperātor — ruler of an empire
• Latin: autocratōr — ruler of an empire
• Latin: basileus — ruler of an empire
• Latvian: imperators — ruler of an empire
• Latvian: ķeizars — ruler of an empire
• Ligurian: imperatô — ruler of an empire
• Lithuanian: imperatorius — ruler of an empire
• Lithuanian: ciesorius — ruler of an empire
• Low German: Kaiser — ruler of an empire
• Luxembourgish: Keeser — ruler of an empire
• Macedonian: импера́тор (imperátor) — ruler of an empire
• Macedonian: цар (tsar) — ruler of an empire
• Malay: kaisar — ruler of an empire
• Malay: maharaja — ruler of an empire
• Malay: khakan — ruler of an empire
• Malayalam: സാമ്രാട്ട് (sāmrāṭṭŭ) — ruler of an empire
• Malayalam: ചക്രവർത്തി (cakravaṟtti) — ruler of an empire
• Maltese: imperatur — ruler of an empire
• Manchu: ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡩᡳ (hūwangdi) — ruler of an empire
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨ (han) — ruler of an empire
• Mandinka: mansa — ruler of an empire
• Manx: ard-ree — ruler of an empire
• Māori: emepara — ruler of an empire
• Māori: epara — ruler of an empire
• Marathi: सम्राट (samrāṭ) — ruler of an empire
• Middle English: emperour — ruler of an empire
• Middle English: kayser — ruler of an empire
• Mongolian: эзэн хаан (ezen xaan) — ruler of an empire
• Mongolian: хаан (xaan) — ruler of an empire
• Mongolian: хуанди (xuandi) — ruler of an empire
• Mongolian: ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (eǰen qaɣan) — ruler of an empire
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) — ruler of an empire
• Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠸᠠᠩᠳᠢ (quwangdi) — ruler of an empire
• Norman: empéreu — ruler of an empire
• Norwegian Bokmål: keiser — ruler of an empire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: keisar — ruler of an empire
• Occitan: emperador — ruler of an empire
• Old Occitan: emperador — ruler of an empire
• Church Slavic: цѣсар҄ь (cěsarʹĭ) — ruler of an empire
• Church Slavic: ⱌⱑⱄⰰⱃⱐ (cěsarĭ) — ruler of an empire
• Old East Slavic: цѣсарь (cěsarĭ) — ruler of an empire
• Old East Slavic: цьсарь (cĭsarĭ) — ruler of an empire
• Old English: cāsere — ruler of an empire
• Pannonian Rusyn: император (imperator) — ruler of an empire
• Pashto: امپراتور (amparātur) — ruler of an empire
• Pashto: کيسر (kaysar) — ruler of an empire
• Pashto: قيصر (qaysar) — ruler of an empire
• Iranian Persian: اِمْپِراطور (emperâtur) — ruler of an empire
• Iranian Persian: اِمْپِراتور (emperâtur) — ruler of an empire
• Iranian Persian: قِیصَر (ġeysar) — ruler of an empire
• Iranian Persian: پادِشاه (pâdešâh) — ruler of an empire
• Iranian Persian: پادْشاه (pâdšâh) — ruler of an empire
• Polish: imperator — ruler of an empire
• Polish: cesarz — ruler of an empire
• Polish: car — ruler of an empire
• Polish: kajzer — ruler of an empire
• Polish: carz — ruler of an empire
• Portuguese: imperador — ruler of an empire
• Punjabi: ਸਮਰਾਟ (samrāṭ) — ruler of an empire
• Quechua: qhapaq — ruler of an empire
• Romanian: împărat — ruler of an empire
• Romansh: imperatur — ruler of an empire
• Romansh: imperataur — ruler of an empire
• Romansh: imperatour — ruler of an empire
• Romansh: caiser — ruler of an empire
• Russian: импера́тор (imperátor) — ruler of an empire
• Russian: царь (carʹ) — ruler of an empire
• Sanskrit: अधिराज (adhirāja) — ruler of an empire
• Sanskrit: सम्राज् (samrāj) — ruler of an empire
• Sanskrit: राजाधिराज (rājādhirāja) — ruler of an empire
• Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire — ruler of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: ца̏р — ruler of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: импѐра̄тор — ruler of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: це̏са̄р — ruler of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: cȁr — ruler of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: impèrātor — ruler of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: cȅsār — ruler of an empire
• Sicilian: mpiraturi — ruler of an empire
• Silesian: cysŏrz — ruler of an empire
• Slovak: cisár — ruler of an empire
• Slovak: cár — ruler of an empire
• Slovene: cêsar — ruler of an empire
• Slovene: imperátor — ruler of an empire
• Lower Sorbian: kejžor — ruler of an empire
• Upper Sorbian: kejžor — ruler of an empire
• Spanish: emperador — ruler of an empire
• Swahili: kaisari — ruler of an empire
• Swedish: kejsare — ruler of an empire
• Tagalog: emperador — ruler of an empire
• Tajik: император (imperator) — ruler of an empire
• Tajik: қайсар (qaysar) — ruler of an empire
• Tajik: подшоҳ (podšoh) — ruler of an empire
• Tajik: подишоҳ (podišoh) — ruler of an empire
• Tatar: патша (patşa) — ruler of an empire
• Telugu: చక్రవర్తి (cakravarti) — ruler of an empire
• Thai: จักรพรรดิ (jàk-grà-pát) — ruler of an empire
• Thai: ฮ่องเต้ (hɔ̂ng-dtêe) — ruler of an empire
• Turkish: imparator — ruler of an empire
• Turkish: ilhan — ruler of an empire
• Turkmen: imperator — ruler of an empire
• Turkmen: patyşa — ruler of an empire
• Ukrainian: імпера́тор (imperátor) — ruler of an empire
• Ukrainian: цар (tsar) — ruler of an empire
• Urdu: شَہَنْشاہ (śahanśāh) — ruler of an empire
• Urdu: سَمْراٹ (samrāṭ) — ruler of an empire
• Urdu: قَیصَر (qaisar) — ruler of an empire
• Uyghur: ئىمپېراتور (impërator) — ruler of an empire
• Uyghur: پادىشا (padisha) — ruler of an empire
• Uzbek: imperator — ruler of an empire
• Uzbek: qaysar — ruler of an empire
• Uzbek: podsho — ruler of an empire
• Venetan: inperadore — ruler of an empire
• Venetan: inperador — ruler of an empire
• Vietnamese: hoàng đế — ruler of an empire
• Vietnamese: thiên hoàng — ruler of an empire
• Vilamovian: kazer — ruler of an empire
• Walloon: impreur — ruler of an empire
• Welsh: ymerawdwr — ruler of an empire
• Yiddish: קייסער (keyser) — ruler of an empire
• Yiddish: אימפּעראַטאָר (imperator) — ruler of an empire