imperials
Sayim-PEER-ee-uhlzUS/ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əlz/UK · AUS/ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əlz/
- 1Plural of imperial.
The top lot at the auction was three imperials of Bordeaux from a celebrated vintage.
In the old regimental portraits, the officers wear waxed mustaches and narrow imperials.
Note
A plural that sorts itself out by setting. In a cellar, imperials are six-liter bottles, usually of Bordeaux, each holding eight standard bottles; in a print shop, large sheets of paper; at the card table, scoring combinations, though the game itself takes no plural. On a face they are tufts of hair under the lower lip, named for Napoleon III, who wore one.
imperials is a form of imperial
imperial, noun: A small tuft of beard grown on the lower lip, so called because Napoleon III wore one. Full entry
- Forms
- imperialimperials plural
- Spelling
- imperial → imperials: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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