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feminine
/em.pe.ɾaˈtɾiθ/
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Translation
empress
Word origin
From Latin imperatrix, the feminine of imperator ('commander, emperor'), from imperare ('to command').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- imperatrix
- English cognates
- empress, imperial
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralemperatricesirregular
Examples
imperio .
The empress ruled the empire for twenty years.
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The empress wore a golden crown.
adoraba .
The people adored their young empress.
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Do you know what the empress of that country was called?
embajadores .
The empress received the ambassadors at the palace.
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