Definitions of imperial [ɪmˈpɪər i əl]

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Definition of 'imperial'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) imperial
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an empire or emperor.

2.  imperial
characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies.

3.  imperial
of a commanding quality, manner, or aspect.

4.  imperial
regal.

5.  imperial
of special or superior size or quality.

6.  imperial
(of weights and measures) conforming to the nonmetric standards legally established in Great Britain.

7. (n.) imperial
a member of an imperial party or of imperial troops.

8.  imperial
an emperor or empress.

9.  imperial
an article of exceptional size or quality.

10. (n.) imperial
a small, pointed beard beneath the lower lip.

Etymology: (1835–45; < F impériale, n. use of fem. of impérialimperial¹ (after Napoleon III, who wore such a beard))

Definition of 'imperial'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) imperial, imperial beard
a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III

2. (adj) imperial
a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

3. (adj) imperial
relating to or associated with an empire
"imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"

4. (adj) imperial
of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures

5. (adj) imperial
befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
"imperial palace"

6. (adj) imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
"golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"

Definition of 'imperial'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) imperial
of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict

2. (adj) imperial
belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme

3. (adj) imperial
of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc

4. (noun) imperial
the tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III

5. (noun) imperial
an outside seat on a diligence

6. (noun) imperial
a luggage case on the top of a coach

7. (noun) imperial
anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc

8. (noun) imperial
a gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars

9. (noun) imperial
a kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages

Translation of 'imperial'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of an empire or an emperor the imperial crown.
Afrikaans: keiserlik	Arabic: إمبراطوري	Bulgarian: имперски
Brazilian: imperial	Czech: říšský; císařský	German: kaiserlich
Danish: kejserlig; kejser-	Greek: αυτοκρατορικός	Spanish: imperial
Estonian: keiserlik	Farsi: امپراتوری	Finnish: keisarillinen
French: impérial	Hebrew: שֶׁל אִימפֶּריָה, שֶׁל הַ	Hindi: शाही, प्रतापी
Croatian: carski, vladarski	Hungarian: birodalmi	Indonesian: kerajaan, kekaisaran
Icelandic: keisara-, keisaralegur	Italian: imperiale	Japanese: 帝国の
Korean: 제국의	Lithuanian: imperijos, imperatoriaus	Latvian: impērijas-; imperatora-
Malay: empayar	Dutch: keizerlijk, rijks-	Norwegian: keiser-, keiserlig
Polish: cesarski	Persian: امپراتوری	Pashto: ټولواكمنى، شاهنشاهى، امپر
Portuguese: imperial	Romanian: imperial	Russian: имперский; императорский
Slovak: cisársky	Slovenian: vladarski	Serbian: carski
Swedish: kejserlig, imperie-	Thai: แห่งอาณาจักร หรือจักรพรรด	Turkish: imparatorluğa ait
Taiwanese: 帝國的，皇帝的	Ukrainian: імперський	Urdu: شہنشاہیت سے منسوب
Vietnamese: thuộc hoàng đế	Chinese: 帝国的，皇帝的
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