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): /ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/, /ˈɛm.paɪ̯.ə/
- (General American) enPR: ĕmʹpīr', ĕmʹpī'ər, IPA(key): /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: em‧pire
Noun
[edit]empire (plural empires)
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- 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.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- 2001 August 2, P. J. Marshall, The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105:
- British people [...] continued to believe in empire. It was what gave Britain a unique role in the world, and in return Britain had drawn strength from its empire to enable it to survive two great wars that had wrecked so many of its competitors. Imperial management in the twentieth […]
- 2021 April 13, Daniel Verdier, Democracy and International Trade: Britain, France, and the United States, 1860-1990, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 139:
- Since Britain imported mainly foodstuffs from its empire, no preferences could be granted to the colonies without Britain first imposing a tariff on foodstuffs imported from other countries.
- 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: […]
Derived terms
[edit]- Achaemenid Empire
- Akkadian Empire
- American Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Aztec Empire
- British Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Celestial Empire
- Central African Empire
- Chinese Empire
- colonial empire
- Eastern Roman Empire
- empire-building
- Empire-grown
- empirehood
- empire line
- Empire of China
- Empire of Japan
- Empire of Manchuria
- Empire State
- empire-waisted
- empire waist, empire-waist
- Fifth Empire
- First Empire, First French Empire
- First French Empire
- French colonial empire
- German Empire
- global empire
- Graveyard of Empires
- gunpowder empire
- Gupta Empire
- Holy Roman Empire, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- Hunnic Empire
- Inca Empire
- Inland Empire
- Japanese Empire
- Korean Empire
- Maratha Empire
- maritime empire
- Mongol Empire, Mongolian Empire
- Mughal Empire
- New Empire
- Norwegian Empire
- Omani Empire
- Orange Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Parthian Empire
- Persian Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Roman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Second Empire, Second French Empire
- Seleucid Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Songhai Empire
- Soviet empire
- Spanish Empire
- Swedish Empire
- Western Roman Empire
Related terms
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Adjective
[edit]empire (not comparable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Empire.
Further reading
[edit]- “empire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “empire”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “empire”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]empire
- (art) Ellipsis of 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 empirein rare | |
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 | |
abessive | empirettä | empireittä | |
instructive | — | empirein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “empire”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old French empire, from Latin imperium.
Noun
[edit]empire m (plural empires)
- empire
- influence, authority, dominion
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 7:
- 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.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *implīre~*implĕre, from Latin implēre.
Pronunciation
[edit]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 avére) (transitive)
- (uncommon, literally) to fill [with di ‘with’]
- (figuratively) to fill, to stuff [with di ‘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 | empìre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | empièndo | |||
present participle | empiènte | past participle | empìto, empiùto1 | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | émpio | émpi | émpie | empiàmo | empìte | émpiono |
imperfect | empìvo | empìvi | empìva | empivàmo | empivàte | empìvano |
past historic | empìi, empiéi1 | empìsti, empiésti1 | empì, empié1 | empìmmo, empiémmo1 | empìste, empiéste1 | empìrono, empiérono1 |
future | empirò | empirài | empirà | empirémo | empiréte | empirànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | empirèi | empirésti | empirèbbe, empirébbe | empirémmo | empiréste | empirèbbero, empirébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | émpia | émpia | émpia | empiàmo | empiàte | émpiano |
imperfect | empìssi | empìssi | empìsse | empìssimo | empìste | empìssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
émpi | émpia | empiàmo | empìte | émpiano | ||
negative imperative | non empìre | non émpia | non empiàmo | non empìte | non émpiano |
1Less common.
Synonyms
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[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]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.)[3], 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 oblique singular, m (oblique plural empires, nominative singular empires, nominative plural empire)
Descendants
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]empire m or f or n (masculine plural empiri, feminine and neuter plural empire)
Declension
[edit]References
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)
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- en:Imperialism
- en:Monarchy
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/empire
- Rhymes:Finnish/empire/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Art
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- Rhymes:Italian/ire
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- Italian lemmas
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- Italian verbs ending in -ire
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- Italian verbs with irregular present indicative
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- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
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