imperial
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
Adjective 4 meanings
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
Very grand or fine.
Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
Noun 4 meanings
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
Etymology
From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ.
Similar and opposite words
IMPERIAL at a glance
IMPERIAL has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (I 1 + M 3 + P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,964 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with imperial
All rhymesKeep going
Related lists
Looking for a different word?
Type the letters you have and the Finder shows every word that fits.