emperor

== English == === Alternative forms === emperour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmpəɹə/, /ˈɛmpɹə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmpəɹɚ/, /ˈɛmpɹɚ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈempɘɹɘ/, /ˈempɹɘ/ Hyphenation: em‧pe‧ror === Noun === emperor (plural emperors) The male monarch or ruler of an empire. Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor. (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch. (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck. A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games. Any fish of the family Lethrinidae. (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae. (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax. An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). ==== Usage notes ==== The only monarch presently styled "emperor" is the Emperor of Japan (in Japanese: 天皇, tennō). The British monarch ceased to be styled Emperor of India in 1948. An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === per orem == Franco-Provençal == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From Latin imperātōrem. === Noun === emperor m (plural emperors) (ORB, broad) emperor === References === emperor in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu === Further information === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭmpĕrator”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 585