empereur
See also: empereür and empéreur
French
Etymology
From Middle French empereur, from Old French empereor, empereür, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin imperātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁœʁ/
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Noun
empereur m (plural empereurs, feminine impératrice)
- 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
- Alternative form of emperour
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French empereor.
Noun
empereur m (plural empereurs)
- emperor
Descendants
- French: empereur
References
- empereur on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)