emperice

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛmˈpeː.rɪ.kɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [emˈpɛː.ri.t͡ʃe] === Noun === empērice m vocative singular of empēricus == Middle English == === Alternative forms === emparesse, emperes, emperesse, emperise, emperysse, empres, emprys, imparesse, imperes, imperice === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman empereiz, contraction of empereriz, from Latin imperatrix; equivalent to emperour +‎ -esse. Final -e is apparently by analogy with other feminine nouns, as the borrowing was early enough for the Middle English gender system to survive. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛmpəˈriːs(ə)/, /ɛmpəˈrɛs(ə)/, /ˈɛmpəris(ə)/, /ˈɛmpərɛs(ə)/ === Noun === emperice (plural emperesses) An empress; a female ruler of an empire. late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Franklin's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1045-1048: The wife or partner of an empire's ruler. (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?) ==== Descendants ==== English: empress Scots: empress ==== References ==== “emperesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 March 2019. “emperice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Old French == === Noun === emperice oblique singular, f (oblique plural emperices, nominative singular emperice, nominative plural emperices) Late Anglo-Norman form of empereriz