Empress

Em′press

,

Noun.

[OE.

empress

,

emperice

, OF.

empereis

,

empereris

, fr. L.

imperatrix

, fem. of

imperator

. See

Emperor

.]

1.

The consort of an emperor.

Shak.

2.

A female sovereign.

3.

A sovereign mistress.

“Empress of my soul.”

Shak.

Empress cloth

,

a cloth for ladies’ dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.

Empress

EM'PRESS

,

Noun.

[Contracted from emperess. See Emperor.] The consort or spouse of an emperor.

1.

A female who governs an empire; a female invested with imperial power or sovereignty.

Empress

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English

Proper noun

Empress

A village in Alberta, Canada.

empress

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛmpɹəs/

Noun

empress ‎(plural empresses, masculine emperor)

The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persian shah).
(rare) A female chimpanzee.
A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa

Translations

female monarch of an empire

Arabic: إِمْبِرَاطُورَة f ‎(ʾimbirāṭūra)
Armenian: կայսրուհի (hy) ‎(kaysruhi)
Aromanian: amirãroanji f
Catalan: emperadriu (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皇后 (zh) ‎(huánghòu), 女皇 (zh) ‎(nǚhuáng)
Czech: císařovna (cs) f
Danish: kejserinde (da) c
Dutch: keizerin (nl) f
Esperanto: imperiestrino
Finnish: keisarinna (fi); šaahitar (female shah)
French: impératrice (fr) f
Georgian: დედოფალი ‎(dedopali)
German: Kaiserin (de) f
Greek: αυτοκράτειρα (el) f ‎(aftokráteira)
Hungarian: császárnő (hu)
Indonesian: kaisar (id), maharatu
Irish: banimpire m
Italian: imperatrice (it) f
Japanese: 女帝 (ja) ‎(じょてい, jotei)
Khmer: អធិរាជិនី (km) ‎(atʰiriechinii)
Korean: 황후 (ko) ‎(hwanghu)

Latvian: imperatore f, ķeizariene f
Lithuanian: imperatorė f
Macedonian: царица f ‎(cárica), императорка f ‎(imperátorka)
Malay: maharani
Manx: ard-venrein f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: keiserinne m, f

Nynorsk: keisarinne f
Persian: امپراتریس (fa) ‎(emperâtris)
Polish: cesarzowa (pl) f, imperatorowa f
Portuguese: imperatriz (pt) f
Romanian: împărăteasă (ro) f
Russian: императри́ца (ru) f ‎(imperatríca)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-ìmpire f
Slovene: cesarica (sl) f
Spanish: emperatriz (es) f
Swedish: kejsarinna (sv) c
Turkish: imparatoriçe (tr) f
Vilamovian: kazeryn f
Welsh: ymerodres f
West Frisian: keizerinne c

wife or widow of an emperor

Arabic: إِمْبْرَاطُورَة f ‎(ʾimbrāṭūra), زَوْجَة إِمِبْرَاطُور f ‎(zawjat ʾimbirāṭūr)
Armenian: կայսրուհի (hy) ‎(kaysruhi)
Bengali: সম্রাজ্ঞী ‎(sômraggi)
Catalan: emperadriu (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皇后 (zh) ‎(huánghòu), 女皇 (zh) ‎(nǚhuáng)
Czech: císařovna (cs) f
Danish: kejserinde (da) c, (widow of an emperor:) enkekejserinde c
Dutch: keizerin (nl) f
Esperanto: imperiestrino
Finnish: keisarinna (fi); šaahitar (wife or widow of a shah)
German: Kaiserin (de) f
Greek: αυτοκράτειρα (el) f ‎(aftokráteira)
Hungarian: császárné
Irish: banimpire m
Italian: imperatrice (it) f
Japanese: 皇后 (ja) ‎(こうごう, kōgō)

Khmer: អធិរាជិនី (km) ‎(atʰiriechinii)
Korean: 황후 (ko) ‎(hwanghu)
Latvian: imperatrise f, ķeizariene f
Lithuanian: imperatorienė f
Macedonian: царица f ‎(сárica), императорка f ‎(imperátorka)
Malay: maharani
Manx: ard-venrein f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: keiserinne m, f

Nynorsk: keisarinne f
Portuguese: imperatriz (pt) f
Romanian: împărăteasă (ro) f
Russian: императри́ца (ru) f ‎(imperatríca)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-ìmpire f
Slovene: cesarica (sl) f
Spanish: emperatriz (es) f
Welsh: ymerodres f
West Frisian: keizerinne c

Etymology 2

Verb

empress ‎(third-person singular simple present empresses, present participle empressing, simple past and past participle empressed)

Alternative form of impress

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