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Etymology

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    FromMiddle Englishempire, fromOld Frenchempire,empere, fromLatinimperium,inperium(“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), fromimperare,inperare(“to command, order”), fromin(“in, on”) +parare(“to make ready, order”).Doublet ofempery andimperium.

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    empire (pluralempires)

    A map showing The First French Empire in 1810.
    1. Apoliticalstate, often amonarchy, that hasachieved a much greatercurrentsize than itsinitial size byconqueringsurroundingterritories,cities ornations.
      the Russianempire
      • 2022 February 7, Charles Hugh Smith,How Empires Die‎[1]:
        States andempires fail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem.
    2. A politicalunitruled by anemperor orempress.
      TheEmpire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.
    3. Thegroup of states or other territories thatoweallegiance to animperialpower (foreign to them), whendistinguished from thenative territory of that power; imperialpossessions.
      • 2001 August 2, P. J. Marshall,The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page105:
        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 itsempire 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, page139:
        Since Britain imported mainly foodstuffs from itsempire, no preferences could be granted to the colonies without Britain first imposing a tariff on foodstuffs imported from other countries.
    4. Anexpansive andpowerfulenterprise under thecontrol of oneperson or group.
      the McDonald's fast foodempire
      • 2002, Evelyn L. Damore,The Rattle and Hiss of the Tin Gods, iUniverse,→ISBN, page111:
        “Revenues for Jackson's non-profitempire 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 gamblingempire all over the Caribbean[…]
    5. (Absolute) control,dominion,sway.
      • 1781,Horace Walpole,The Mysterious Mother,Act 1 Scene 1:
        Each master whim maintains its hour ofempire,
        And obstinately faithful to its dictates
      • 1881, François Guizot,The History of Civilization from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution..., page122:
        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 slightempire 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 theirempire over matter.
      • 2010, Stefania Tutino,Empire of Souls: Robert Bellarmine and the Christian Commonwealth, Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page270:
        […] could gain some political strength for the pope, but in so doing the pope would lose the uniqueness and supremacy of hisempire over souls:[…]

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    Translations

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    political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
    political unit ruled by an emperor
    group of states
    enterprise under the control of one person
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    Adjective

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    empire (notcomparable)

    1. Alternativeletter-case form ofEmpire.

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    Finnish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈempire/,[ˈe̞mpire̞]
    • Rhymes:-empire
    • Syllabification(key):em‧pi‧re
    • Hyphenation(key):em‧pi‧re

    Noun

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    empire

    1. (art)ellipsis ofempiretyyli(“Empire style”)

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    Inflection ofempire (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
    nominativeempireempiret
    genitiveempirenempirejen
    partitiveempireäempirejä
    illativeempireenempireihin
    singularplural
    nominativeempireempiret
    accusativenom.empireempiret
    gen.empiren
    genitiveempirenempirejen
    empireinrare
    partitiveempireäempirejä
    inessiveempiressäempireissä
    elativeempirestäempireistä
    illativeempireenempireihin
    adessiveempirelläempireillä
    ablativeempireltäempireiltä
    allativeempirelleempireille
    essiveempirenäempireinä
    translativeempireksiempireiksi
    abessiveempirettäempireittä
    instructive—empirein
    comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms ofempire(Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

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    compounds

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    French

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited fromOld Frenchempire, fromLatinimperium.

      Noun

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      empire m (pluralempires)

      1. empire
      2. influence,authority,dominion
        • 1640,Pierre Corneille,Horace, act 4, scene 7:
          Quelle injustice aux Dieux, d'abandonner au femmes / Unempire si grand sur les plus belles âmes
          What injustice from the gods, to give up for women / Such greatdominion over the most beautiful souls
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      Verb

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      empire

      1. inflection ofempirer:
        1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
        2. second-personsingularimperative

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      Italian

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      Etymology

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      FromVulgar Latin*implīre~*implĕre, fromLatinimplēre.

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      • IPA(key): /emˈpi.re/
      • Rhymes:-ire
      • Hyphenation:em‧pì‧re

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      empìre (first-person singular presentémpio,first-person singular past historicempìior(less common)empiéi,past participleempìtoor(less common)empiùto,auxiliaryavére)(transitive)

      1. (uncommon, literally) tofill [withdi‘with’]
      2. (figuratively) tofill, tostuff[withdi‘with’]
        empire di gioia ―to fill with joy
        empire la testa di qualcuno di chiacchiere ―to fill someone's head with chatter
      3. (archaic or literary) tosatisfy, tosatiate

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          Conjugation ofempìre (-ire; irregular) (SeeAppendix:Italian verbs)
      infinitiveempìre
      auxiliary verbavéregerundempièndo
      present participleempièntepast participleempìto,empiùto1
      personsingularplural
      firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
      indicativeiotului/lei, esso/essanoivoiloro, essi/esse
      presentémpioémpiémpieempiàmoempìteémpiono
      imperfectempìvoempìviempìvaempivàmoempivàteempìvano
      past historicempìi,empiéi1empìsti,empiésti1empì,empié1empìmmo,empiémmo1empìste,empiéste1empìrono,empiérono1
      futureempiròempiràiempiràempirémoempiréteempirànno
      conditionalempirèiempiréstiempirèbbe,empirébbeempirémmoempirésteempirèbbero,empirébbero
      subjunctiveche ioche tuche lui/che lei, che esso/che essache noiche voiche loro, che essi/che esse
      presentémpiaémpiaémpiaempiàmoempiàteémpiano
      imperfectempìssiempìssiempìsseempìssimoempìsteempìssero
      imperative—tuLeinoivoiLoro
      émpiémpiaempiàmoempìteémpiano
      negative imperativenonempìrenonémpianonempiàmononempìtenonémpiano

      1Less common.

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      FWOTD – 23 December 2025

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed fromOld Frenchempire,empere, fromLatinimperium,inperium(“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), fromimperare,inperare(“to command, order”), fromin(“in, on”) +‎parare(“to make ready, order”).Doublet ofemperie.

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        • IPA(key): /ɛmˈpiːr(ə)/,/ˈɛmpiːr(ə)/

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        empire

        1. emperorship(rank or office of an emperor)
        2. empire(the domain of anemperor orempress)
        3. (rare) total power orinfluence, especially when wielded by gods
          • c.1395,John Wycliffe,John Purvey [et al.], transl.,Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[3], publishedc.1410,Apocalips 1:5-6,folio 117, verso; republished asWycliffe'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 andpower for many ages.
        4. (rare) a region ofcontrol; a field orzone
        5. (rare, Christianity) theKingdom of Heaven

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        Old French

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        Etymology

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          Inherited fromLatinimperium,inperium(“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), fromimperare,inperare(“to command, order”), fromin(“in, on”) +parare(“to make ready, order”).

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          • IPA(key): /emˈpiɾə/,(late)/amˈpiɾə/

          Noun

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          empireoblique singular, m (oblique pluralempires,nominative singularempires,nominative pluralempire)

          1. empire

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          Romanian

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed fromFrenchEmpire.

          Adjective

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          empire m orf orn (masculine pluralempiri,feminine/neuter pluralempire)

          1. (art)Empire

          Declension

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          Declension ofempire
          singularplural
          masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
          nominative-
          accusative          		indefiniteempireempireempiriempire
          definiteempireleempireaempiriiempirele
          genitive-
          dative          		indefiniteempireempireempiriempire
          definiteempireluiempireiempirilorempirelor

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          • empire in Academia Română,Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010.→ISBN
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