императрица

Borrowed from Russian императри́ца (imperatríca), ultimately from Latin imperātrix.

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императри́ца • (imperatríca) f (masculine импера́тор)

1. female equivalent of импера́тор (imperátor): empress

• “императрица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “императрица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Originally borrowed from Latin imperātrīx via its oblique stem (compare the ablative singular imperātrīce), but the resulting form may also be interpreted as an in-house Russian Slavic derivation from император (imperator) with the suffix -ица (-ica).

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императри́ца • (imperatríca) f anim (genitive императри́цы, nominative plural императри́цы, genitive plural императри́ц, masculine импера́тор)

1. female equivalent of импера́тор (imperátor): empress