empereor

== Old French == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From Latin imperātōrem. Attested since the eleventh century. Synchronically derivable from emperer +‎ -eor. === Pronunciation === (archaic) IPA(key): /empəɾəˈðoːɾ/ (classical) IPA(key): /ampəɾəˈou̯ɾ/ (late) IPA(key): /ampəɾ(ə)ˈeu̯ɾ/ === Noun === empereor oblique singular, m (oblique plural empereors, nominative singular emperere, nominative plural empereor) emperor, commander ==== Descendants ==== Angevin: emperour Bourguignon: emperor Middle French: empereurFrench: empereur Norman: empéreu (Jersey) → Middle English: emperourEnglish: emperorScots: emperor Picard: impreur Walloon: impreur === References === “empereor”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.