Imperial

See also: imperial and impérial

English

Adjective

Imperial (not comparable)

1. (history) Clipping of Imperial Japanese. [19th c.]
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Imperial.
2. Alternative letter-case form of imperial (“of alcohol: stronger”).

Proper noun

Imperial

1. A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
2. A city, the county seat of Chase County, Nebraska, United States.
3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. Imperial College London.
   • 2020 April 5, “Coronavirus: tensions rise over scientists at heart of lockdown policy”, in The Times, London:

     He is now professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial

5. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.
6. A census-designated place in Texas, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in Virginia, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
9. A former department of Chile.

Noun

Imperial (plural Imperials)

1. A large Bordeaux wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.

   Synonym: methuselah

Translations

wine bottle of 6 litres

• Bulgarian: Империал (bg) m (Imperial)

Anagrams

• Palmieri

Spanish

Proper noun

Imperial f

1. (historical) a department of Chile

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔimpeɾˈjal/ [ʔɪm.pɛɾˈjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: Im‧per‧ial

Proper noun

Imperiál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Imperial is the 237^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 30,418 individuals.