Imperial

See also: imperial and impérial

English

Adjective

Imperial (not comparable)

  1. (history) Clipping of Imperial Japanese. [19th c.]
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Imperial.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of imperial (“of alcohol: stronger”).

Proper noun

Imperial

  1. A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Chase County, Nebraska, United States.
  3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  4. Imperial College London.
    • 2020 April 5, “Coronavirus: tensions rise over scientists at heart of lockdown policy”, in The Times, London:
      He is now professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial
  5. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. A census-designated place in Texas, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Virginia, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
  9. A former department of Chile.

Noun

Imperial (plural Imperials)

  1. A large Bordeaux wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.

Anagrams

Spanish

Proper noun

Imperial f

  1. (historical) a department of Chile

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔimpeɾˈjal/ [ʔɪm.pɛɾˈjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: Im‧per‧ial

Proper noun

Imperiál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Imperial is the 237th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 30,418 individuals.
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