empire
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, 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”). Doublet of empery and imperium.
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, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
- the Russian empire
- 2022 February 7, Charles Hugh Smith, How Empires Die[1]:
- States and empires fail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
- The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.
- A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- the McDonald's fast food empire
- 2002, Evelyn L. Damore, The Rattle and Hiss of the Tin Gods, iUniverse (→ISBN), page 111:
- “Revenues for Jackson's non-profit empire sky-rocketed from $4 million in 1997, to more than $14 million just two years later.”
- 2009, Martin Short, The Rise of the Mafia, Kings Road Publishing (→ISBN)
- The Mafia never forgave Castro but Lansky had already laid the foundations of a mob gambling empire all over the Caribbean […]
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- 1881, François Guizot, The History of Civilization from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution..., page 122:
- The brutality, the unthinking, the unreflecting character of the barbarians were so great, that the new faith, the new feelings with which they had been inspired, exercised but a very slight empire over them.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 1:
- With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.
- 2010, Stefania Tutino, Empire of Souls: Robert Bellarmine and the Christian Commonwealth, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 270:
- […] could gain some political strength for the pope, but in so doing the pope would lose the uniqueness and supremacy of his empire over souls: […]
- 1881, François Guizot, The History of Civilization from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution..., page 122:
Derived terms[edit]
- Austrian Empire
- British Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Celestial Empire
- Central African Empire
- colonial empire
- empire-building
- Empire-grown
- empirehood
- Empire of Japan
- Empire of Korea
- Empire State
- First French Empire
- German Empire
- global empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- Hunnic Empire
- Japanese Empire
- Korean Empire
- Norwegian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Roman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Second French Empire
- Spanish Empire
- Swedish Empire
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Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “empire” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “empire” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- empire at OneLook Dictionary Search
Adjective[edit]
empire (not comparable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Empire.
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
empire
- (art) Short for empiretyyli (“Empire style”).
Declension[edit]
Inflection of empire (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | empire | empiret | |
genitive | empiren | empirejen | |
partitive | empireä | empirejä | |
illative | empireen | empireihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | empire | empiret | |
accusative | nom. | empire | empiret |
gen. | empiren | ||
genitive | empiren | empirejen empireinrare | |
partitive | empireä | empirejä | |
inessive | empiressä | empireissä | |
elative | empirestä | empireistä | |
illative | empireen | empireihin | |
adessive | empirellä | empireillä | |
ablative | empireltä | empireiltä | |
allative | empirelle | empireille | |
essive | empirenä | empireinä | |
translative | empireksi | empireiksi | |
instructive | — | empirein | |
abessive | empirettä | empireittä | |
comitative | — | empireineen |
Possessive forms of empire (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | empireni | empiremme |
2nd person | empiresi | empirenne |
3rd person | empirensä |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French empire, from Latin imperium.
Noun[edit]
empire m (plural empires)
- empire
- influence, authority, dominion
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, “Act 4, Scene 7”, in Horace:
- Quelle injustice aux Dieux, d'abandonner au femmes / Un empire si grand sur les plus belles âmes
- What injustice from the gods, to give up for women / Such great dominion over the most beautiful souls
Derived terms[edit]
- Céleste Empire
- Empire byzantin
- Empire des Fleurs
- Empire du Milieu
- Empire ottoman
- Empire romain
- Saint-Empire romain germanique
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Russian: ампи́р (ampír)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
empire
- inflection of empirer:
Further reading[edit]
- “empire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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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]
empìre (first-person singular present émpio, first-person singular past historic empìi or (less common) empiéi, past participle empìto or (less common) empiùto, auxiliary avere) (transitive)
- (uncommon, literally) to fill [+ di (object) = with]
- (figuratively) to fill, to stuff [+ di (object) = with]
- empire di gioia ― to fill with joy
- empire la testa di qualcuno di chiacchiere ― to fill someone's head with chatter
- (archaic or literary) to satisfy, to satiate
Conjugation[edit]
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]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French empire, empere, 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”). Doublet of emperie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
empire
- Emperorship; the office, power or title of emperor.
- An empire; the domain of an emperor or empress.
- (rare) Total power or influence, especially when wielded by gods.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[2], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:5-6, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- [⁊ of iheſu criſt] þat is a feiþful witneſſe .· þe firſte bigeten of deed men · ⁊ pꝛynce of kyngis of þe erþe / which louyde vs / ⁊ waiſchide vs fro oure ſynnes in his blood .· / ⁊ made vs a kyngdom / ⁊ pꝛeſtis to god ⁊ to his fadir / to hym be gloꝛie ⁊ empire .· in to woꝛldis of woꝛldis
- [of Jesus Christ,] / who is a reliable witness, the firstborn of the dead, and sovereign over the rulers of the Earth, who loved us, cleansed us from our sins with his blood, / and made us a kingdom / and priests of God and his father. To him are glory and power for many ages.
- (rare) A region of control; a field or zone.
- (rare, Christianity) God's kingdom in the heavens.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “empīre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-24.
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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- en:Imperialism
- en:Monarchy
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- Rhymes:Finnish/empire
- Rhymes:Finnish/empire/3 syllables
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- fi:Art
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- fr:Monarchy
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