empire
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˈɛmpaɪə/, X-SAMPA: /"EmpaI@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɛmpaɪɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"EmpaI@`/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: em‧pire
Noun [edit]
empire (plural empires)
- A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.
- A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
- A state ruled by an emperor.
- An expansive and wealthy corporation.
- the McDonald's fast food empire
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Translations [edit]
political unit
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group of states
state ruled by an emperor
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area under the power of one person
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External links [edit]
- empire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- empire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- empire at OneLook Dictionary Search
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin imperium.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
empire m (plural empires)
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Verb [edit]
empire
- first-person singular present indicative of empirer
- third-person singular present indicative of empirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of empirer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of empirer
- second-person singular imperative of empirer
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Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin implēre, present active infinitive of impleō.
Verb [edit]
empire
- (transitive, obsolete) to fill, to overflow
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Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of empire
| infinitive | empire | |||||
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| auxiliary verb | avere | gerund | empiendo | |||
| present participle | empiendo | past participle | empito | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei | noi | voi | essi/esse |
| present | empio | empi | empie | empiamo | empite | empiono |
| imperfect | empivo | empivi | empiva | empivamo | empivate | empivano |
| past historic | empii, empiei | empisti, empiesti | empì, empié | empimmo, empiemmo | empiste, empieste | empirono, empierono |
| future | empirò | empirai | empirà | empiremo | empirete | empiranno |
| conditional | io | tu | lui/lei | noi | voi | essi/esse |
| present | empirei | empiresti | empirebbe | empiremmo | empireste | empirebbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei | che noi | che voi | che essi/che esse |
| present | empia | empia | empia | empiamo | empiate | empiano |
| imperfect | empissi | empissi | empisse | empissimo | empiste | empissero |
| imperative | - | tu | lui/lei | noi | voi | essi/esse |
| empi | empia | empiamo | empite | empiano | ||
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