emperor
/ˈempəə/EM-pur-ur
/ˈɛmpɚɚ/EM-pur-ur
Meaninga commander
Common meaning: the supreme monarch over an empire
- emperto commandLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 901 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
Journey through time
- Latinimperō, imperāre‘to command’
- Old Frenchempereorsource
- Middle Englishemperoursource
- Englishemperor‘the supreme monarch over an empire’ · today
emper also in: imperative
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin imperō ‘to command’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry imperō, p. 901 · dictionary scan
Roots
- imperō, imperāre Latin “to command”
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