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imperial

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/

The English word “imperial” has 15 meanings listed here.

adjective

  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.

Etymology

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.

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