different between imperious vs imperial

English

Etymology

From Latin imperi?sus (“mighty, powerful”), from imperium (“command, authority, power”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p???i.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p??i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s

Adjective

imperious (not comparable)

1. Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
   • 1866 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth

     ...she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.

2. Urgent.
   • 1891 – Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

     Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.

3. (obsolete) Imperial or regal.
   • 1899 – Stephen Crane, The Angel Child, Whilomville Stories

     She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.

Synonyms

• (domineering): authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing

Related terms

Translations

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)

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.

Synonyms

• (humorous): in old money

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

imperial (countable and uncountable, plural imperials)

1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
2. (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
3. (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
4. (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
5. 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.

6. A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).

   Synonym: royal

7. A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
8. (historical) An outside seat on a diligence.
9. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. Imperial; related to or being of an empire or its ruler.
2. Befitting or appropriate for someone of imperial rank; superb.
3. 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)

1. imperial

Derived terms

• imperialismo
• imperialista

Related terms

• império
• imperador

Noun

imperial f (plural imperiais)

1. (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

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)

1. imperial

Declension

Related terms

• imperialism
• imperiu
• împ?rat

Scots

Adjective

imperial (comparative mair imperial, superlative maist imperial)

1. 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)

1. 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.