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See also: Imperial and impérial

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Etymology

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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Adjective

imperial (comparative more imperial, superlative most imperial)

  1. Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
  2. Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
    • 2023, Patrick Lejtenyi, Food price perception can depend on whether it is measured in imperial or metric, according to new Concordia research‎, Concordia University News:
      Using imperial units such as pounds makes fresh produce look cheaper than it really is, and it might be luring consumers away from frozen produce, which could possibly provide the same nutritional benefits at lower cost.
  3. Very grand or fine.
  4. Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
  5. (in particular, of alcohol) Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
    Imperial pale ale, Imperial IPA, Imperial pilsner, Imperial milk stout, Imperial lager, Imperial mead

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Noun

imperial (countable and uncountable, plural imperials)

  1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
  2. (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
  3. (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
  4. (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
  5. A crown imperial.
    • 1816, John Freeman Milward Dovaston, The Sonnet:
      There are who say the sonnet's meted maze
      Is all too fettered for the poet's powers,
      Compelled to crowd his flush and airy flowers
      Like pots of tall imperials, ill at ease.
  6. A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
    Synonym: royal
  7. A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
  8. (historical) An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, pages 134–135:
      ...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey.
  9. (historical) A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
    • 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 3, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818:
      [T]he imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperiālis.

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Adjective

imperial m or f (masculine and feminine plural imperials)

  1. imperial

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Galician

Adjective

imperial m or f (plural imperiais)

  1. imperial

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch imperiaal, from French impérial, from Latin imperiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmpɛˈrial/
  • Rhymes: -al, -l
  • Hyphenation: im‧pè‧ri‧al

Adjective

impèrial

  1. imperial

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Middle English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old French imperial, emperial, from Latin imperiālis; equivalent to emperie +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impɛriˈaːl/, /imˈpɛːrial/, /ɛm-/

Adjective

imperial (plural and weak singular imperiale)

  1. Imperial; related to or being of an empire or its ruler.
  2. Befitting or appropriate for someone of imperial rank; superb.
  3. Unsurpassed, unmatched; lacking an equal or equivalent.

Descendants

  • English: imperial
  • Scots: imperial

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperiālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pe.ɾiˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈɾjaw/
 

  • Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ri‧al

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imperial m or f (plural imperiais)

  1. imperial

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imperial f (plural imperiais)

  1. (Portugal, regional) draft beer
    Synonyms: (Portugal, regional) fino, (Brazil) chope
    • 2013, Afonso Cruz, Alice Vieira, André Gago, Catarina Fonseca, David Machado, Isabel Stidwell, José Fanha, A misteriosa mulher da ópera, Leya, →ISBN, page 155:
      «Traga-me mais uma imperial», disse eu ao empregado. Tinha uma praticamente cheia, mas não gosto de ser apanhado desprevenido. O Juvenal julgou que era para ele e agradeceu, eu disse-lhe «nada», e peguei na imperial, passei as ...
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French impérial and Latin imperiālis. By surface analysis, imperiu +‎ -al.

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Adjective

imperial m or n (feminine singular imperială, masculine plural imperiali, feminine and neuter plural imperiale)

  1. imperial

Declension

Declension of imperial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite imperial imperială imperiali imperiale
definite imperialul imperiala imperialii imperialele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite imperial imperiale imperiali imperiale
definite imperialului imperialei imperialelor imperialilor

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Scots

Adjective

imperial (comparative mair imperial, superlative maist imperial)

  1. imperial

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impeˈɾjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: im‧pe‧rial

Adjective

imperial m or f (masculine and feminine plural imperiales)

  1. imperial

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