Meanings
nounempress dowager (plural empress dowagers or empresses dowager or empresses dowagers)
plural empress dowagers · plural empresses dowager · plural empresses dowagers
Translations
Arabic إِمْبِرَاطُورَة الأُمّ
- إِمْبِرَاطُورَة الأُمّmother of an emperor
Catalan emperadriu vídua
- emperadriu víduamother of an emperor
Chinese Mandarin 皇太后, 太后
- 皇太后 (huángtàihòu)mother of an emperor
- 太后 (tàihòu)mother of an emperor
Finnish leskikeisarinna
- leskikeisarinnamother of an emperor
French impératrice douairière
- impératrice douairièremother of an emperor
German Kaiserinmutter
- Kaiserinmuttermother of an emperor
Indonesian janda permaisuri
- janda permaisurimother of an emperor
Italian imperatrice vedova
- imperatrice vedovamother of an emperor
Japanese 皇太后, 太后
- 皇太后 (kōtaigō)mother of an emperor
- 太后 (taikō)mother of an emperor
- 母后mother of an emperor
Korean 황태후, 태후
- 황태후 (hwangtaehu)mother of an emperor
- 태후 (taehu)mother of an emperor
- 모후 (mohu)mother of an emperor
Polish cesarzowa wdowa
- cesarzowa wdowamother of an emperor
Russian вдо́вствующая императри́ца
- вдо́вствующая императри́ца (vdóvstvujuščaja imperatríca)mother of an emperor
Spanish emperatriz viuda
- emperatriz viudamother of an emperor
Swedish änkedrottning, drottningmoder
- änkedrottningmother of an emperor
- drottningmodermother of an emperor
Thai ฮองไทเฮา
- ฮองไทเฮาmother of an emperor
Vietnamese hoàng thái hậu, thái hậu
- hoàng thái hậumother of an emperor
- thái hậumother of an emperor
Cite this entry
APA
empress dowager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empress%20dowager
MLA
“empress dowager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empress%20dowager. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empress dowager,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empress%20dowager.
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