imperial

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
2. Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
3. Very grand or fine.
4. Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
5. Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)

Noun

1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
2. A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
3. A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
4. Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
5. A crown imperial.
6. A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
7. A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
8. An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
9. A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
10. A variety of green tea.

Concepten

keizerlijk

imperiaal

koninklijk

Synoniemen

royal

majestic

kingly

regal

august

grand

purple

sovereign

queenly

imperial beard

emperor

Britannic

grandiose

heavenly

imperialistic

imposing

impressive

clean

Briton

manage

monarchical

noble

empire

fit for a great king

queen

👸

queenlike

Britisher

British

🇬🇧

supreme

tsarist

tuft

wait on

commanding

divine

orotund

goatee

governmental

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.