césar

/ˈθesaɾ/ · B1 · noun · m

caesar

césar — caesar

🏛️👑 Same root as Kaiser and tsar: Caesar became the word for emperor

Julius Caesar's family name turned into a title for emperors. German made it Kaiser and Russian made it tsar. In Spain, the c before e sounds like th, so césar is said THEH-sar.

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