impériale
French, noun/ɛ̃.pe.ʁjal/
impériale is spelled I-M-P-É-R-I-A-L-E (9 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impériale is a French feminine noun meaning “upper deck (of bus etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of impérial. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monnaie d’or du poids de quatre deniers quatre grains (100 grains, ou grammes 5,32) et au titre de…”.
What does impériale mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineupper deck (of bus etc.)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of impérial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monnaie d’or du poids de quatre deniers quatre grains (100 grains, ou grammes 5,32) et au titre de vingt-trois carats trois quarts (0, 99). 2. Dôme en impériale, c’est à dire ayant la forme de deux S qui se rejoignent au sommet, rappelant la forme de la couronne d’un empereur. 3. Dessus d’un ciel de lit en forme de dôme impérial ou de dôme ordinaire. 4. Dessus d’un carrosse en forme de dôme.
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 impériale
- impériales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impériale?
- /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.
How common is impériale in French?
impériale appears 8.7 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).