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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]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕmʹpīə, ĕmʹpī-ə, IPA(key): /ˈɛmpaɪə/, /ˈɛmpaɪ.ə/
- (General American) enPR: ĕmʹpīr', ĕmʹpī'ər, IPA(key): /ˈɛmˌpaɪɹ/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
- 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 political unit that controls at least one kingdom under its vassalage.
- A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
- A state ruled by an emperor.
- The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.
- 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
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state ruled by an emperor
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area under the power of one person
expansive and wealthy corporation
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Further reading[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
Adjective[edit]
empire (not comparable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Empire.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French, from Latin imperium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
empire m (plural empires)
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Descendants[edit]
- Russian: ампи́р (ampír)
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
Further reading[edit]
- “empire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *implīre, present active infinitive of *impliō, from Latin impleō.
Verb[edit]
empire
- (transitive, obsolete) to fill, to overflow
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, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, 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, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | empirei | empiresti | empirebbe | empiremmo | empireste | empirebbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | empia | empia | empia | empiamo | empiate | empiano |
| imperfect | empissi | empissi | empisse | empissimo | empiste | empissero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| empi, non empire | empia | empiamo | empite | empiano | ||
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
empire (plural empires)
Descendants[edit]
- English: empire
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
empire m (oblique plural empires, nominative singular empires, nominative plural empire)
Descendants[edit]
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