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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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khaganate
English
Alternative forms
- kaganate
- kaganat
- khakanate
Etymology
From khagan +? -ate.
Noun
khaganate (plural khaganates)
- An empire comprising several khanates.
Related terms
- khagan
- khan
- khanate
Translations
khaganate From the web:
- what khaganate mean
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