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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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)

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