imperial

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/
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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.

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِمْبِرَاطُورِيّ (ʔimbirāṭūriyy) — related to an empire
• Arabic: مَلَكِيّ (malakiyy) — related to an empire
• Armenian: կայսերական (kayserakan) — related to an empire
• Belarusian: імпе́рскі (impjérski) — related to an empire
• Belarusian: імпера́тарскі (impjerátarski) — related to an empire
• Belarusian: ца́рскі (cárski) — related to an empire
• Bulgarian: импе́рски (impérski) — related to an empire
• Bulgarian: ца́рски (cárski) — related to an empire
• Catalan: imperial — related to an empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 帝國的 /帝国的 (dìguó de) — related to an empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 皇帝的 (huángdì de) — related to an empire
• Czech: říšský — related to an empire
• Czech: imperiální — related to an empire
• Czech: císařský — related to an empire
• Danish: kejserlig — related to an empire
• Dutch: keizerlijk — related to an empire
• Dutch: rijks- — related to an empire
• Esperanto: imperia — related to an empire
• Estonian: keiserlik — related to an empire
• Estonian: kuninglik — related to an empire
• Estonian: majesteetlik — related to an empire
• Estonian: impeeriumlik — related to an empire
• Finnish: keisarillinen — related to an empire
• French: impérial — related to an empire
• Galician: imperial — related to an empire
• Georgian: იმპერიული (imṗeriuli) — related to an empire
• German: kaiserlich — related to an empire
• Greek: αυτοκρατορικός (aftokratorikós) — related to an empire
• Hungarian: birodalmi — related to an empire
• Hungarian: császári — related to an empire
• Indonesian: imperial — related to an empire
• Irish: impiriúil — related to an empire
• Italian: imperiale — related to an empire
• Japanese: 天皇の (tennō no) — related to an empire
• Japanese: 皇帝の (kōtei no) — related to an empire
• Korean: 제국의 (jegugui) — related to an empire
• Latin: imperiālis — related to an empire
• Latin: dominicus — related to an empire
• Macedonian: царски (carski) — related to an empire
• Macedonian: империја́лен (imperijálen) — related to an empire
• Manx: ard-reeoil — related to an empire
• Manx: ard-rheamagh — related to an empire
• Middle English: imperial — related to an empire
• Norwegian Bokmål: keiserlig — related to an empire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: keisarleg — related to an empire
• Old English: cāserlīċ — related to an empire
• Persian: امپراتوری (emperâturi) — related to an empire
• Plautdietsch: kjeisalich — related to an empire
• Polish: cesarski — related to an empire
• Polish: imperialny — related to an empire
• Portuguese: imperial — related to an empire
• Romanian: imperial — related to an empire
• Russian: импе́рский (impérskij) — related to an empire
• Russian: импера́торский (imperátorskij) — related to an empire
• Russian: ца́рский (cárskij) — related to an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: ца̑рскӣ — related to an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏мперијалнӣ — related to an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: cȃrskī — related to an empire
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉmperijalnī — related to an empire
• Slovak: ríšsky — related to an empire
• Slovak: imperiálny — related to an empire
• Slovak: cisársky — related to an empire
• Slovene: cesarski — related to an empire
• Slovene: imperialen — related to an empire
• Spanish: imperial — related to an empire
• Swedish: kejserlig — related to an empire
• Ukrainian: імпе́рський (impérsʹkyj) — related to an empire
• Ukrainian: імпера́торський (imperátorsʹkyj) — related to an empire
• Ukrainian: ца́рський (cársʹkyj) — related to an empire
• Vietnamese: thành nội — related to an empire
• Vietnamese: hoàng đế — related to an empire
• Welsh: ymerodrol — related to an empire
• Yiddish: אימפּעריאַל (imperyal) — related to an empire
• Yiddish: קייסערלעך (keyserlekh) — related to an empire
• Yiddish: קייזערלעך (keyzerlekh) — related to an empire
• Bulgarian: брита́нски (británski) — related to the British measurement system
• Bulgarian: импе́рски (impérski) — related to the British measurement system
• Bulgarian: англи́йски (anglíjski) — related to the British measurement system
• Czech: imperiální — related to the British measurement system
• Dutch: imperiaal — related to the British measurement system
• Estonian: inglise — related to the British measurement system
• Estonian: briti — related to the British measurement system
• Finnish: brittiläinen — related to the British measurement system
• French: impérial — related to the British measurement system
• Galician: imperial — related to the British measurement system
• German: imperial — related to the British measurement system
• German: zöllig — related to the British measurement system
• Hungarian: (régi) brit mértékrendszer szerinti — related to the British measurement system
• Macedonian: британски (britanski) — related to the British measurement system
• Polish: imperialny — related to the British measurement system
• Portuguese: imperial — related to the British measurement system
• Romanian: imperial — related to the British measurement system
• Russian: брита́нский (británskij) — related to the British measurement system
• Russian: импе́рский (impérskij) — related to the British measurement system
• Swedish: brittisk — related to the British measurement system
• Swedish: imperiell — related to the British measurement system
• Bulgarian: великоле́пен (velikolépen) — very grand or fine
• Bulgarian: вели́чествен (velíčestven) — very grand or fine
• Estonian: kuninglik — very grand or fine
• Estonian: majesteetlik — very grand or fine
• Estonian: suursugune — very grand or fine
• Estonian: suurejooneline — very grand or fine
• Estonian: aadellik — very grand or fine
• Estonian: noobel — very grand or fine
• Estonian: ülipeen — very grand or fine
• Finnish: mahtava — very grand or fine
• Finnish: majesteettinen — very grand or fine
• French: royal — very grand or fine
• Greek: επιβλητικός (epivlitikós) — very grand or fine
• Greek: μεγαλειώδης (megaleiódis) — very grand or fine
• Hungarian: fenséges — very grand or fine
• Hungarian: méltóságteljes — very grand or fine
• Irish: maorga — very grand or fine
• Irish: ríúil — very grand or fine
• Russian: великоле́пный (velikolépnyj) — very grand or fine
• Russian: вели́чественный (velíčestvennyj) — very grand or fine
• Swedish: mäktig — very grand or fine
• Swedish: storslagen — very grand or fine
• Swedish: majestätisk — very grand or fine
• Bulgarian: висш (visš) — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Bulgarian: върхо́вен (vǎrhóven) — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Catalan: majestuós — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: kuninglik — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: majesteetlik — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: suursugune — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: ülimuslik — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: ülev — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: üliinimlik — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: olümposlik — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: pillav — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: uhke — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Estonian: toretsev — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Finnish: majesteettinen — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• French: impérial — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Greek: βασιλικός (vasilikós) — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Macedonian: царски (carski) — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Middle English: imperial — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Russian: ца́рский (cárskij) — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Russian: короле́вский (korolévskij) — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Swedish: kunglig — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Swedish: förnäm — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Swedish: majestätisk — of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence
• Bulgarian: Империал — wine bottle of 6 litres