impérieux
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pe.ʁjø/
impérieux is a French adjective meaning “imperious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui commande avec hauteur”.
What does impérieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imperious
- 2
imperative, compelling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui commande avec hauteur. 2. Qualifie les choses pressantes, des choses auxquelles on ne peut résister.
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 impérieux
- impérieuse feminine
- impérieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impérieux?
- /ɛ̃.pe.ʁjø/
- \ɛ̃.pe.ʁjø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impérieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impérieux in French?
impérieux appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).