empress
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empress¹
- /ˈɛmpɹəs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix. Compare modern French impératrice.
noun empresses · emperess · empresse
- The female monarch (ruler) of an empire. Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne, As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world.
- The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler. Empress, imperial regent, and even emperor herself (r. 797–802), Irene was an important and powerful figure at the Byzantine court in the late eighth and early ninth century.
- The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
- A female chimpanzee.
- A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
- A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.
empress²
- /ɪmˈpɹɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
From Middle English empresse, from Anglo-Norman enpresser (“to press, to imprint”), from Old French empresser. Attested from the 15th or late 14th century.
verb empresses · empressing · empressed
- Rare form of impress
Empress³
Where it comes from
From empress. The village was named in 1913 for Queen Victoria, who was Empress of India.
noun Empresses
- The title of an empress. The opening through which French taste jumped was Peter the Great’s “window on Europe,” the new Russian capital he built on the Neva River in 1703 to give Russians greater proximity to European culture, and to showcase Russia’s wealth and burgeoning cultural institutions. It took the better part of
proper noun
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: queen, dowager, majesty, irene, xiao, constantia, justina, sabina, livia, theodora, catharine, matilda, theresa, takashi, queens, hau
Translations
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noun female monarch of an empire
| Español | emperatriz |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여제 yeoje, 여황 yeohwang |
| 日本語 | 女帝 jotei, 女皇 jokō |
| 中文 | 女皇 nǚhuáng |
| हिन्दी | महारानी mahārānī, साम्राज्ञी sāmrājñī, मलिका malikā |
| Português | imperatriz, imperadora |
| Français | impératrice |
| Deutsch | Kaiserin |
| Italiano | imperatrice |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοκράτειρα aftokráteira |
| Română | împărăteasă |
| Русский | императри́ца imperatríca, цари́ца caríca |
| Tiếng Việt | hoàng hậu, nữ hoàng |
| العربية | إِمْبِرَاطُورَة ʔimbirāṭūra, مَلِكَة malika, قَيْصَرَة qayṣara |
| עברית | קיסרית qeysarit |
noun wife or widow of an emperor
| Español | emperatriz, coya |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황후 hwanghu, 왕후 wanghu |
| 日本語 | 皇后 kōgō, 王后 ōkō |
| 中文 | 皇后 huánghòu, 王后 wánghòu |
| Português | imperatriz |
| Deutsch | Kaiserin |
| Italiano | imperatrice |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοκράτειρα aftokráteira |
| Română | împărăteasă |
| Русский | императри́ца imperatríca |
| Tiếng Việt | hoàng hậu |
| العربية | إِمْبْرَاطُورَة ʔimbrāṭūra, زَوْجَةْ إِمِبْرَاطُور zawjat ʔimibrāṭūr |
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title = {empress},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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