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empire
English
Etymology
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
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?m?p??, ?m?p?-?, IPA(key): /??mpa??/, /??mpa?.?/
- (General American) enPR: ?m?p?r', ?m?p?'?r, IPA(key): /??m?pa??/, /??m?pa??/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
- Hyphenation: em?pire
Noun
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.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
- 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.
- 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 […]
- 2002, Evelyn L. Damore, The Rattle and Hiss of the Tin Gods, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 111:
- (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.
- 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
Related terms
- emperor
- empress
- imperator
- imperatrix
- imperial
- imperially
- imperium
- imperate
- imperation
Translations
Further reading
- 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
empire (not comparable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Empire.
Anagrams
- E-Prime, epimer, permie, premie
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?empire/, [?e?mpire?]
- Rhymes: -empire
- Syllabification: em?pi?re
Noun
empire
- (architecture) Empire style
Declension
French
Etymology 1
From Old French, from Latin imperium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.pi?/
Noun
empire m (plural empires)
- empire
- influence, authority, dominion
Derived terms
- Empire byzantin
- Empire du Milieu
- Empire ottoman
- Empire romain
- Saint-Empire romain germanique
Related terms
- empereur
- impératrice
- imperial
Descendants
- Russian: ?????? (ampír)
Etymology 2
Verb
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
- “empire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- périmé, primée
Italian
Alternative forms
- empiere
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *impl?re, present active infinitive of *impli?, from Latin imple?.
Verb
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]
- (archaic or literary) to satisfy, to satiate
Conjugation
Synonyms
- riempire
Related terms
- pieno
Anagrams
- permei
- premei
Middle English
Alternative forms
- empyre, enpyre, empyere, empere, empeyr, empir, enpir, ampyre
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /?m?pi?r(?)/, /?m?p??r(?)/, /??mpi?r(?)/, /am-/
Noun
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.
- (rare) A region of control; a field or zone.
- (rare, Christianity) God's kingdom in the heavens.
Descendants
- English: empire
- Scots: empire
References
- “emp?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-24.
Old French
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /em?pi.r?/, (late) /am?pi.r?/
Noun
empire m (oblique plural empires, nominative singular empires, nominative plural empire)
- empire
Descendants
- Middle English: empire
- English: empire
- French: empire
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government
English
Alternative forms
- (nonstandard) gub'mint, gubmint, gummint, gubbamint, guvmint, guvment, gumment, guv'ment, guv'mint, gubbermint, gubment, gub'ment, govermint, guvverment, guvvermint, guverment, guvermint
Etymology
From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement), from governer (see govern) + -ment.
Morphologically govern +? -ment
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v?(n)m?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???v?(n)m?nt/
- Hyphenation: gov?ern?ment
Noun
government (countable and uncountable, plural governments)
- The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
- British government has historically centred exclusively on London.
- (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
- The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
- (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
- The tenure of a chief of state.
Usage notes
In the United States, "government" is considered to be divided into three branches; the legislature (the House of Representatives and the Senate) which makes law, the Administration (under the President) which runs sections of government within the law, and the Courts, which adjudicate on matters of the law. This is a much wider meaning of "government" than exists in other countries where the term "government" means the ruling political force of the prime minister and his/her cabinet ministers (what Americans would call the Administration). In Britain, the administrative organs of the nation are collectively referred to as "the state". In Canada government is used in both senses and neither state nor administration are used. Applied to many countries in continental Europe (when using English), the British usage is common.
In Britain, the word is often capitalised when referring to the UK government.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- ocracy
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