name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
kaiser
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkaɪzə(ɹ)/
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US: /ˈkaɪzɚ/
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rhymes with -aɪzə(ɹ)
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homophone: Caesar (Latinate)
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CMU ARPABET: K AY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of Kaiser.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 3
An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any emperor or autocrat, or one who attempts to be one.
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Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 5
A Kaiser roll: a round, pinwheel-shaped roll.
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noun
Meaning 6
the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: emperor
Narrower terms: Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm, Kaiser Bill
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kayser, from Old High German keisar (“emperor”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. The native Old English descendant of that Proto-Germanic word was cāser (“emperor”), but the shape of Middle English kayser (“emperor”) (versus the expected *caser, *coser) suggests it was borrowed from another Germanic language rather than inherited, and the modern English spelling and sense seem to be modified after modern German rather than a direct continuation of Middle English. Compare tsar, which was borrowed from Slavic. Doublet of Caesar and tsar.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: kaizër — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Arabic: قَيْصَر (qayṣar) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Armenian: կայզեր (kayzer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Azerbaijani: kayzer — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Belarusian: ка́йзэр (kájzer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Bulgarian: ка́йзер (kájzer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Catalan: kàiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Chinese Mandarin: 凱撒 /凯撒 (kǎisā, kǎisà) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Chinese Mandarin: 德意志皇帝 (Déyìzhì huángdì) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Czech: císař — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Danish: kejser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Dutch: keizer — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Estonian: keiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Finnish: keisari — German Emperor — see also emperor
- French: kaiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- French: empereur — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Georgian: კაიზერი (ḳaizeri) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- German: Kaiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- German: Kaiserin — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Greek: κάιζερ (káizer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Hindi: काइज़र (kāizar) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Hindi: क़ैसर (qaisar) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Hungarian: császár — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Icelandic: keisari — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Italian: kaiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Japanese: カイザー (kaizā) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Kazakh: кайзер (kaizer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Korean: 카이저 (kaijeo) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Kyrgyz: кайзер (kayzer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Latvian: ķeizars — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Lithuanian: kaizeris — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Macedonian: кајзер (kajzer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Norwegian Bokmål: keiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Pashto: قيصر (qaysár) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Dari: قَیْصَر (qaysar) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Dari: خُسْرَوْ — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Iranian Persian: قِیْصَر (ġeysar) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Iranian Persian: خُسْرُوْ — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Polish: kajzer — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Portuguese: cáiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Portuguese: kaiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Romanian: kaiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Russian: ка́йзер (kájzer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Russian: ка́йзер (kájzɛr) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Serbo-Croatian: ка̏јзер — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Serbo-Croatian: kȁjzer — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Slovak: cisár — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Slovene: cesar — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Spanish: káiser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Swedish: kejsare — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Tagalog: Kayser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Thai: ไคเซอร์ — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Turkish: kayser — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Turkmen: kaýzer — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Ukrainian: ка́йзер (kájzer) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Ukrainian: ці́сар (císar) — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Urdu: قَیْصَر — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Uzbek: kayzer — German Emperor — see also emperor
- Yiddish: קייסער (keyser) — German Emperor — see also emperor
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