empereur

See also: empereür and empéreur

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French empereur, from Old French empereor, empereür, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin imperātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pʁœʁ/

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Noun

empereur m (plural empereurs, feminine impératrice)

1. emperor

Derived terms

• manchot empereur

Related terms

• empire

Further reading

• “empereur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

empereur

1. Alternative form of emperour

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French empereor.

Noun

empereur m (plural empereurs)

1. emperor

Descendants

• French: empereur

References

• empereur on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)