impérial
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal/
impérial is spelled I-M-P-É-R-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impérial is a French adjective meaning “imperial (related to an empire)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient à un empereur ou à un empire”.
What does impérial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imperial (related to an empire)
aigle impérial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à un empereur ou à un empire. 2. Qui domine sa discipline avec talent.
noun: 1. Soldat ou partisan à la solde d’un empereur. 2. Soldat ou personne attachée au Premier Empire et à Napoléon Ier.
noun: 1. Habitant du Saint-Empire romain germanique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impérial
- impériale feminine
- impériaux masculine plural
- impériales feminine plural
- Impériaux plural
- Impériale feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impérial?
- /ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal/
- \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impérial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impérial in French?
impérial appears 6.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).