empress

See also: Empress

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor +‎ -ess. Compare modern French impératrice.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛmpɹəs/
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Noun

empress (plural empresses)

The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
(tarot) The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
(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: 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
Galician: emperatriz f
Georgian: დედოფალი (dedopali)
German: Kaiserin (de) f
Greek: αυτοκράτειρα (el) f (aftokráteira)
Gujarati: સમ્રાજ્ઞી (samrājñī)
Hungarian: császárnő (hu)
Indonesian: maharani (id), maharatu
Irish: banimpire m
Italian: imperatrice (it) f
Japanese: 女帝 (ja) (じょてい, jotei)
Khmer: អធិរាជិនី (km) (atʰiriechinii)

Korean: 여제 (yeoje)
Latvian: imperatore f, ķeizariene f
Lithuanian: imperatorė f
Macedonian: царица f (cárica), императорка f (imperátorka)
Malay: maharani
Manx: ard-venrein f
Middle English: emperice
Norwegian:
Bokmål: keiserinne (no) m or f

Nynorsk: keisarinne f
Persian: امپراتریس‎ (fa) (emperâtris)
Polish: cesarzowa (pl) f, imperatorowa f
Portuguese: imperadora (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 (sômraggī)
Catalan: emperadriu (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皇后 (zh) (huánghòu)
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
Middle English: emperice
Norwegian:
Bokmål: keiserinne (no) m or 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

third trump or major arcana

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} imperatrice (it) f
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 황후 (ko) (hwanghu)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} imperatrix
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} महाराणी ? (mahārānī)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} царица f, ^{(please verify)} императорка f

Latin: ^{(please verify)} carica (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} imperatorka f

Slovak: ^{(please verify)} cisárovná (sk) f, (of Russia, Bulgaria) ^{(please verify)} cárovná f
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} imparatoriçe (tr)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹɛs/

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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