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Where does the word empire come from? Earliest known use. Middle English. The earliest known use of the word empire is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for empire is from 1340, in Ayenbite of Inwyt. empire is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French empire. See etymology. Nearby entries. emphyteutic, adj. 1651–.
Nov 14, 2020 · empire. (n.) mid-14c., "territory subject to an emperor's rule;" in general "realm, dominion;" late 14c. as "authority of an emperor, supreme power in governing; imperial power," in Middle English generally of the Roman Empire.
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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
1. (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕmʹpīə, ĕmʹpī-ə, IPA(key): /ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/, /ˈɛm.paɪ̯.ə/ 2. (General American) enPR: ĕmʹpīr', ĕmʹpī'ər, IPA(key): /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɚ/ 3. Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) 4. Hyphenation: em‧pire
Noun
empire (plural empires) 1. 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. 1.1. the Russian empire 1.1. 2022 February 7, Charles Hugh Smith, How Empires Die: 1.1.1. States and empiresfail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem. 2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress. 2.1. The Empireof Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietn...
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈempire/, [ˈe̞mpire̞] 2. Rhymes: -empire 3. Syllabification(key): em‧pi‧re
Noun
empire 1. (art) Ellipsis of empiretyyli (“Empire style”).
Further reading
1. “empire”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ɑ̃.piʁ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French empire, from Latin imperium.
Further reading
1. “empire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Alternative forms
1. émpiere
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *implīre~*implĕre, from Latin implēre.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /emˈpi.re/ 2. Rhymes: -ire 3. Hyphenation: em‧pì‧re
Alternative forms
1. 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
1. IPA(key): /ɛmˈpiːr(ə)/, /ɛmˈpɛːr(ə)/, /ˈɛmpiːr(ə)/, /am-/
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
1. IPA(key): /emˈpiɾə/, (late) /amˈpiɾə/
Noun
empire oblique singular, m (oblique plural empires, nominative singular empires, nominative plural empire) 1. empire
Etymology
Borrowed from French Empire.
Adjective
empire m or f or n (masculine plural empiri, feminine and neuter plural empire) 1. (art) Empire
References
1. empire in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
English word empire comes from Latin paro (I prepare, arrange. I provide, furnish. I resolve, purpose.), Latin im-, Latin ingratus (Thankless. Ungrateful.
An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". [1] The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) exercises political control over the peripheries. [2]
May 11, 2011 · An Empire is a political construct in which one state dominates over another state, or a series of states. At its heart, an empire is ruled by an emperor, even though many states in history without an emperor at their head are called "empires".
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The meaning of EMPIRE is a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority; especially : one having an emperor as chief of state.
