• IPA: /ɪmˈpɪ.ɹi.əl/

imperial

1. Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
   • c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:

     the imperial diadem of Rome

2. Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
3. Very grand or fine.
4. Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.

• (humorous) in old money

• French: impérial
• German: kaiserlich
• Italian: imperiale
• Portuguese: imperial
• Russian: импе́рский
• Spanish: imperial

• French: impérial
• German: imperial
• Portuguese: imperial
• Russian: брита́нский

• French: royal
• Russian: великоле́пный

• French: impérial
• Russian: ца́рский

imperial

1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
2. (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
3. (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
4. (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
5. A crown imperial.

   • Is all too fettered for the poet's powers,

     Compelled to crowd his flush and airy flowers

     Like pots of tall imperials, ill at ease.

6. A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).

   Synonyms: royal

7. A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
8. (historical) An outside seat on a diligence.
9. (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.

imperial (not comparable)

1. (history) Synonym of Imperial Japanese

1. A city in California
2. A city/county seat in Chase County, Nebraska.
3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada
4. Imperial College London.
5. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
6. A census-designated place in Texas.
7. An unincorporated community in Virginia
8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia

imperial (plural imperials)

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