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imperial
English
Etymology
From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperi?lis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -?lis, from imper? (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?.?i.?l/
Adjective
imperial (comparative more imperial, superlative most imperial)
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- Very grand or fine.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
Synonyms
- (humorous): in old money
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
imperial (countable and uncountable, plural imperials)
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- A crown imperial.
- Is all too fettered for the poet's powers,
- Compelled to crowd his flush and airy flowers
- Like pots of tall imperials, ill at ease.
- A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
- Synonym: royal
- A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
- (historical) An outside seat on a diligence.
- (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.
Usage notes
- A champagne or Burgundy wine bottle with the same volume would be called a Methuselah.
Anagrams
- Palmieri
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperi?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /im.p?.?i?al/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.pe.?i?al/
Adjective
imperial (masculine and feminine plural imperials)
- imperial
Derived terms
- imperialisme
- imperialista
Related terms
- emperador
- imperi
Further reading
- “imperial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “imperial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “imperial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “imperial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Adjective
imperial m or f (plural imperiais)
- imperial
Derived terms
- imperialismo
- imperialista
Related terms
- imperio
Further reading
- “imperial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- inperial, imperyal, inperyal, imperyall, imperiall, emperiall, empirial
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French imperial, emperial, from Latin imperi?lis; equivalent to emperie +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imp?ri?a?l/, /im?p??rial/, /?m-/
Adjective
imperial (plural and weak singular imperiale)
- Imperial; related to or being of an empire or its ruler.
- Befitting or appropriate for someone of imperial rank; superb.
- Unsurpassed, unmatched; lacking an equal or equivalent.
Descendants
- English: imperial
- Scots: imperial
References
- “imperi??l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-24.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperi?lis.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: im?pe?ri?al
Adjective
imperial m or f (plural imperiais, comparable)
- imperial
Derived terms
- imperialismo
- imperialista
Related terms
- império
- imperador
Noun
imperial f (plural imperiais)
- (Portugal, regional) draft beer
- 2013, Afonso Cruz, Alice Vieira, André Gago, Catarina Fonseca, David Machado, Isabel Stidwell, José Fanha, A misteriosa mulher da ópera, Leya ?ISBN, page 155
- «Traga-me mais uma imperial», disse eu ao empregado. Tinha uma praticamente cheia, mas não gosto de ser apanhado desprevenido. O Juvenal julgou que era para ele e agradeceu, eu disse-lhe «nada», e peguei na imperial, passei as ...
- Synonyms: (Portugal, regional) fino, (Brazil) chope
- 2013, Afonso Cruz, Alice Vieira, André Gago, Catarina Fonseca, David Machado, Isabel Stidwell, José Fanha, A misteriosa mulher da ópera, Leya ?ISBN, page 155
Further reading
- “imperial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French impérial and Latin imperi?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?im.pe.ri?al/
Adjective
imperial m or n (feminine singular imperial?, masculine plural imperiali, feminine and neuter plural imperiale)
- imperial
Declension
Related terms
- imperialism
- imperiu
- împ?rat
Scots
Adjective
imperial (comparative mair imperial, superlative maist imperial)
- imperial
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperi?lis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -?lis, from imper? (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impe??jal/, [?m.pe??jal]
Adjective
imperial (plural imperiales)
- imperial
Derived terms
- cormorán imperial
- garza imperial
- imperialismo
- imperialista
- manjar imperial
Related terms
- emperador
- imperio
Further reading
- “imperial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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big
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?g, IPA(key): /b??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From a northern Middle English dialectal term big, bigge (“powerful, strong”) possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.
Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”), Low German Bögge, Boggelmann.
Adjective
big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)
- Of great size, large.
- Synonyms: ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive; see also Thesaurus:big
- Antonyms: little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute
- The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, […], with their court of farm and church and clustered village, in dignified seclusion.
- (of an industry or other field, often capitalized) Thought to have undue influence.
- Popular.
- Synonyms: all the rage, in demand, well liked
- (informal) Adult.
- Synonyms: adult, fully grown, grown up; see also Thesaurus:full-grown
- Antonyms: little, young
- 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
- By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
- (informal) Fat.
- Synonyms: chubby, plus-size, rotund; see also Thesaurus:overweight
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Synonyms: essential, paramount, weighty; see also Thesaurus:important
- "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
- (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
- Synonyms: fanatical, mad, worked up; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic
- 2019, Louise Taylor, Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final (in The Guardian, 2 July 2019)[3]
- Neville is big on standing by his principles and he deserves plaudits for acknowledging he got his starting system wrong, reverting to 4-2-3-1 and introducing Kirby in the No 10 role.
- (informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
- (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
- Synonyms: busty, macromastic, stacked; see also Thesaurus:busty
- (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- Synonyms: full, great, heavy; see also Thesaurus:pregnant
- [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of a city) populous
- (informal, slang, rare, of somebody's age) old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- 2020, Candice Carty-Williams, Notting Hill Carnival
- I don't think so, if you're shouting at people across the playground at your big age.
- 2020, Candice Carty-Williams, Notting Hill Carnival
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)
- In a loud manner.
- In a boasting manner.
- He's always talking big, but he never delivers.
- In a large amount or to a large extent.
- He won big betting on the croquet championship.
- On a large scale, expansively.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- Hard.
- He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.
Noun
big (plural bigs)
- Someone or something that is large in stature
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
- (BDSM, slang) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
Synonyms
- (big leagues): major leagues
Antonyms
- (BDSM): little
Verb
big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged) (up)
- (transitive) To praise, recommend, or promote.
Etymology 2
From Middle English biggen, byggen, from Old Norse byggja, byggva (“to build, dwell in, inhabit”), a secondary form of Old Norse búa (“to dwell”), related to Old English b?an (“to dwell”). Cognate with Danish bygge, Swedish bygga.
Verb
big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged)
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy
- (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate oneself
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion
- (intransitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to dwell; have a dwelling
Etymology 3
From Middle English byge, from Old Norse bygg (“barley, probably Hordeum vulgare, common barley”), from Proto-Germanic *bewwuz (“crop, barley”). Cognate with Old English b?ow (“barley”).
Alternative forms
- bigg
- bygg, bygge (obsolete)
Noun
big (uncountable)
- One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
Anagrams
- GBI, GiB, Gib., gib
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bagge, vigge. Originally a word exclusive to the Northern Dutch dialects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?x/
- Hyphenation: big
- Rhymes: -?x
Noun
big m or f (plural biggen, diminutive biggetje n)
- piglet, little pig
- Synonym: keu
Derived terms
- biggenkruid
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b???/
Adjective
big
- inflection of beag:
- vocative/genitive masculine singular
- (archaic) dative feminine singular
Mutation
Italian
Noun
big m (invariable)
- star (entertainment)
- big shot, big noise
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse byggja (“inhabit, build”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??/
Verb
big (third-person singular present bigs, present participle biggin, past biggit, past participle biggit)
- to build
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English big, cognate with (the first part of) Bislama bikfala, bigfala, Pijin bigfala, Tok Pisin bikpela.
Adjective
big
- big
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi??/
Noun
big
- Soft mutation of pig.
Mutation
Western Apache
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *-w??t?.
Cognates: Navajo -bid, Plains Apache -bid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p??k]
Noun
big (inalienable)
- belly, stomach, abdomen
Usage notes
- The form -big occurs in the White Mountain varieties; -bid occurs in San Carlos and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto).
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