empress

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From empress. The village was named in 1913 for Queen Victoria, who was Empress of India.

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.

From Middle English empresse, from Anglo-Norman enpresser (“to press, to imprint”), from Old French empresser. Attested from the 15th or late 14th century.

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: perandoreshë — female monarch of an empire
• Arabic: إِمْبِرَاطُورَة (ʔimbirāṭūra) — female monarch of an empire
• Arabic: مَلِكَة (malika) — female monarch of an empire
• Arabic: قَيْصَرَة (qayṣara) — female monarch of an empire
• Armenian: կայսրուհի (kaysruhi) — female monarch of an empire
• Aromanian: amirãroanji — female monarch of an empire
• Azerbaijani: imperatriçə — female monarch of an empire
• Belarusian: імператры́ца (impjeratrýca) — female monarch of an empire
• Belarusian: цары́ца (carýca) — female monarch of an empire
• Bengali: সম্রাজ্ঞী (śomrajni) — female monarch of an empire
• Bulgarian: императри́ца (imperatríca) — female monarch of an empire
• Bulgarian: цари́ца (caríca) — female monarch of an empire
• Burmese: ဧကရီ (eka.ri) — female monarch of an empire
• Catalan: emperadriu — female monarch of an empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 女皇 (nǚhuáng) — female monarch of an empire
• Czech: císařovna — female monarch of an empire
• Danish: kejserinde — female monarch of an empire
• Dutch: keizerin — female monarch of an empire
• Esperanto: imperiestrino — female monarch of an empire
• Estonian: keisrinna — female monarch of an empire
• Finnish: keisarinna — female monarch of an empire
• Finnish: šaahitar — female monarch of an empire
• French: impératrice — female monarch of an empire
• West-Frisian: keizerinne — female monarch of an empire
• Galician: emperatriz — female monarch of an empire
• Georgian: დედოფალი (dedopali) — female monarch of an empire
• German: Kaiserin — female monarch of an empire
• Greek: αυτοκράτειρα (aftokráteira) — female monarch of an empire
• Gujarati: સમ્રાજ્ઞી (samrājñī) — female monarch of an empire
• Hebrew: קיסרית (qeysarit) — female monarch of an empire
• Hindi: महारानी (mahārānī) — female monarch of an empire
• Hindi: साम्राज्ञी (sāmrājñī) — female monarch of an empire
• Hindi: मलिका (malikā) — female monarch of an empire
• Hindi: सुल्ताना (sultānā) — female monarch of an empire
• Hungarian: császárnő — female monarch of an empire
• Icelandic: keisaraynja — female monarch of an empire
• Indonesian: maharani — female monarch of an empire
• Indonesian: maharatu — female monarch of an empire
• Irish: banimpire — female monarch of an empire
• Italian: imperatrice — female monarch of an empire
• Japanese: 女帝 (jotei) — female monarch of an empire
• Japanese: 女皇 (jokō) — female monarch of an empire
• Kashubian: césôrka — female monarch of an empire
• Kazakh: патшайым (patşaiym) — female monarch of an empire
• Kazakh: патшаханым (patşaxanym) — female monarch of an empire
• Kazakh: император әйел (imperator äiel) — female monarch of an empire
• Khmer: អធិរាជិនី (ʼaʼthiriəcinii) — female monarch of an empire
• Khmer: រាជិនី (riəcinii) — female monarch of an empire
• Korean: 여제 (yeoje) — female monarch of an empire
• Korean: 녀제 (nyeoje) — female monarch of an empire
• Korean: 여황 (yeohwang) — female monarch of an empire
• Korean: 녀황 (nyeohwang) — female monarch of an empire
• Kyrgyz: императрица (imperatritsa) — female monarch of an empire
• Kyrgyz: император аял (imperator ayal) — female monarch of an empire
• Kyrgyz: ханыша (hanışa) — female monarch of an empire
• Lao: ຈັກກະພັດດິນິ (chak ka phat di ni) — female monarch of an empire
• Lao: ລາຊິນີ (lā si nī) — female monarch of an empire
• Latin: imperātrīx — female monarch of an empire
• Latvian: imperatore — female monarch of an empire
• Latvian: ķeizariene — female monarch of an empire
• Lithuanian: imperatorė — female monarch of an empire
• Macedonian: царица (carica) — female monarch of an empire
• Macedonian: императорка (imperatorka) — female monarch of an empire
• Malay: maharani — female monarch of an empire
• Malay: permaisuri — female monarch of an empire
• Manx: ard-venrein — female monarch of an empire
• Middle English: emperice — female monarch of an empire
• Norwegian Bokmål: keiserinne — female monarch of an empire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: keisarinne — female monarch of an empire
• Old Church Slavonic: цѣсарица (cěsarica) — female monarch of an empire
• Old English: cāseren — female monarch of an empire
• Pashto: امپراتوره (amparātoāra) — female monarch of an empire
• Persian: امپراتریس (emperâtris) — female monarch of an empire
• Persian: ملکه (maleke) — female monarch of an empire
• Polish: cesarzowa — female monarch of an empire
• Polish: imperatorowa — female monarch of an empire
• Portuguese: imperatriz — female monarch of an empire
• Portuguese: imperadora — female monarch of an empire
• Romanian: împărăteasă — female monarch of an empire
• Russian: императри́ца (imperatríca) — female monarch of an empire
• Russian: цари́ца (caríca) — female monarch of an empire
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-ìmpire — female monarch of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: импѐра̄торица — female monarch of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: ца̏рица — female monarch of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: impèrātorica — female monarch of an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: cȁrica — female monarch of an empire
• Slovak: cisárovná — female monarch of an empire
• Slovene: cesarica — female monarch of an empire
• Spanish: emperatriz — female monarch of an empire
• Swedish: kejsarinna — female monarch of an empire
• Tajik: малика (malika) — female monarch of an empire
• Tajik: императорзан (imperatorzan) — female monarch of an empire
• Telugu: చక్రవర్తిని (cakravartini) — female monarch of an empire
• Thai: จักรพรรดินี (jàk-grà-pát-dì-nii) — female monarch of an empire
• Thai: ราชินี (raa-chí-nii) — female monarch of an empire
• Turkish: imparatoriçe — female monarch of an empire
• Ukrainian: імператри́ця (imperatrýcja) — female monarch of an empire
• Ukrainian: цари́ця (carýcja) — female monarch of an empire
• Urdu: مہارانی (mahārānī) — female monarch of an empire
• Urdu: ملکہ (malikā) — female monarch of an empire
• Urdu: سلطانہ (sultānā) — female monarch of an empire
• Uyghur: ئايال پادىشاھ (ayal padishah) — female monarch of an empire
• Uzbek: imperator xotini — female monarch of an empire
• Uzbek: imperator ayol — female monarch of an empire
• Uzbek: malika — female monarch of an empire
• Vietnamese: hoàng hậu — female monarch of an empire
• Vietnamese: nữ hoàng — female monarch of an empire
• Vilamovian: kazeryn — female monarch of an empire
• Welsh: ymerodres — female monarch of an empire
• Arabic: إِمْبْرَاطُورَة (ʔimbrāṭūra) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Arabic: زَوْجَةْ إِمِبْرَاطُور (zawjat ʔimibrāṭūr) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Armenian: կայսրուհի (kaysruhi) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Bengali: সম্রাজ্ঞী (śomrajni) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Catalan: emperadriu — wife or widow of an emperor
• Chinese Mandarin: 皇后 (huánghòu) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Chinese Mandarin: 王后 (wánghòu) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Czech: císařovna — wife or widow of an emperor
• Danish: kejserinde — wife or widow of an emperor
• Danish: enkekejserinde — wife or widow of an emperor
• Dutch: keizerin — wife or widow of an emperor
• Esperanto: imperiestrino — wife or widow of an emperor
• Finnish: keisarinna — wife or widow of an emperor
• Finnish: šaahitar — wife or widow of an emperor
• West-Frisian: keizerinne — wife or widow of an emperor
• German: Kaiserin — wife or widow of an emperor
• Greek: αυτοκράτειρα (aftokráteira) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Hungarian: császárné — wife or widow of an emperor
• Irish: banimpire — wife or widow of an emperor
• Italian: imperatrice — wife or widow of an emperor
• Japanese: 皇后 (kōgō) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Japanese: 王后 (ōkō) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Kazakh: император әйел (imperator äiel) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Khmer: អធិរាជិនី (ʼaʼthiriəcinii) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Korean: 황후 (hwanghu) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Korean: 왕후 (wanghu) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Latin: imperatrix — wife or widow of an emperor
• Latvian: imperatrise — wife or widow of an emperor
• Latvian: ķeizariene — wife or widow of an emperor
• Lithuanian: imperatorienė — wife or widow of an emperor
• Macedonian: царица (carica) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Macedonian: императорка (imperatorka) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Malay: maharani — wife or widow of an emperor
• Manchu: ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ (hūwangheo) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Manx: ard-venrein — wife or widow of an emperor
• Middle English: emperice — wife or widow of an emperor
• Norwegian Bokmål: keiserinne — wife or widow of an emperor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: keisarinne — wife or widow of an emperor
• Old English: cāseren — wife or widow of an emperor
• Portuguese: imperatriz — wife or widow of an emperor
• Romanian: împărăteasă — wife or widow of an emperor
• Russian: императри́ца (imperatríca) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-ìmpire — wife or widow of an emperor
• Slovene: cesarica — wife or widow of an emperor
• Spanish: emperatriz — wife or widow of an emperor
• Spanish: coya — wife or widow of an emperor
• Ukrainian: імператри́ця (imperatrýcja) — wife or widow of an emperor
• Vietnamese: hoàng hậu — wife or widow of an emperor
• Welsh: ymerodres — wife or widow of an emperor