empire

the Russian empire

States and empires fail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem.

2022 February 7, Charles Hugh Smith, How Empires Die:

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 Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.

A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

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[…]

2001 August 2, P. J. Marshall, The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105:

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.

2021 April 13, Daniel Verdier, Democracy and International Trade: Britain, France, and the United States, 1860-1990, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 139:

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.

the McDonald's fast food empire

“Revenues for Jackson's non-profit empire sky-rocketed from $4 million in 1997, to more than $14 million just two years later.”

2002, Evelyn L. Damore, The Rattle and Hiss of the Tin Gods, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 111:

The Mafia never forgave Castro but Lansky had already laid the foundations of a mob gambling empire all over the Caribbean […]

2009, Martin Short, The Rise of the Mafia, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN:

An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

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.

1881, François Guizot, The History of Civilization from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution..., page 122:

With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.

1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 1:

[…] 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: […]

2010, Stefania Tutino, Empire of Souls: Robert Bellarmine and the Christian Commonwealth, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270:

keiserryk

political unit, having numerous or extensive territories

կայսրություն

/ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/

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.


empire

/ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/


empire

(art) Ellipsis of empiretyyli (“Empire style”).

empire (nominative singular)
empiret (nominative plural)
empire (accusative nominative singular)
empiret (accusative nominative plural)
empiren (accusative genitive singular)
empiret (accusative genitive plural)
empiren (genitive singular)
empirejen (genitive plural)
empirein (genitive plural rare)
empireä (partitive singular)
empirejä (partitive plural)
empiressä (inessive singular)
empireissä (inessive plural)
empirestä (elative singular)
empireistä (elative plural)
empireen (illative singular)
empireihin (illative plural)
empirellä (adessive singular)
empireillä (adessive plural)
empireltä (ablative singular)
empireiltä (ablative plural)
empirelle (allative singular)
empireille (allative plural)
empirenä (essive singular)
empireinä (essive plural)
empireksi (singular translative)
empireiksi (plural translative)
empirettä (abessive singular)
empireittä (abessive plural)
empirein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
empireni (nominative singular)
empireni (nominative plural)
empireni (accusative nominative singular)
empireni (accusative nominative plural)
empireni (accusative genitive singular)
empireni (accusative genitive plural)
empireni (genitive singular)
empirejeni (genitive plural)
empireini (genitive plural rare)
empireäni (partitive singular)
empirejäni (partitive plural)
empiressäni (inessive singular)
empireissäni (inessive plural)
empirestäni (elative singular)
empireistäni (elative plural)
empireeni (illative singular)
empireihini (illative plural)
empirelläni (adessive singular)
empireilläni (adessive plural)
empireltäni (ablative singular)
empireiltäni (ablative plural)
empirelleni (allative singular)
empireilleni (allative plural)
empirenäni (essive singular)
empireinäni (essive plural)
empirekseni (singular translative)
empireikseni (plural translative)
empirettäni (abessive singular)
empireittäni (abessive plural)
empireineni (comitative plural)
empiresi (nominative singular)
empiresi (nominative plural)
empiresi (accusative nominative singular)
empiresi (accusative nominative plural)
empiresi (accusative genitive singular)
empiresi (accusative genitive plural)
empiresi (genitive singular)
empirejesi (genitive plural)
empireisi (genitive plural rare)
empireäsi (partitive singular)
empirejäsi (partitive plural)
empiressäsi (inessive singular)
empireissäsi (inessive plural)
empirestäsi (elative singular)
empireistäsi (elative plural)
empireesi (illative singular)
empireihisi (illative plural)
empirelläsi (adessive singular)
empireilläsi (adessive plural)
empireltäsi (ablative singular)
empireiltäsi (ablative plural)
empirellesi (allative singular)
empireillesi (allative plural)
empirenäsi (essive singular)
empireinäsi (essive plural)
empireksesi (singular translative)
empireiksesi (plural translative)
empirettäsi (abessive singular)
empireittäsi (abessive plural)
empireinesi (comitative plural)
empiremme (nominative singular)
empiremme (nominative plural)
empiremme (accusative nominative singular)
empiremme (accusative nominative plural)
empiremme (accusative genitive singular)
empiremme (accusative genitive plural)
empiremme (genitive singular)
empirejemme (genitive plural)
empireimme (genitive plural rare)
empireämme (partitive singular)
empirejämme (partitive plural)
empiressämme (inessive singular)
empireissämme (inessive plural)
empirestämme (elative singular)
empireistämme (elative plural)
empireemme (illative singular)
empireihimme (illative plural)
empirellämme (adessive singular)
empireillämme (adessive plural)
empireltämme (ablative singular)
empireiltämme (ablative plural)
empirellemme (allative singular)
empireillemme (allative plural)
empirenämme (essive singular)
empireinämme (essive plural)
empireksemme (singular translative)
empireiksemme (plural translative)
empirettämme (abessive singular)
empireittämme (abessive plural)
empireinemme (comitative plural)
empirenne (nominative singular)
empirenne (nominative plural)
empirenne (accusative nominative singular)
empirenne (accusative nominative plural)
empirenne (accusative genitive singular)
empirenne (accusative genitive plural)
empirenne (genitive singular)
empirejenne (genitive plural)
empireinne (genitive plural rare)
empireänne (partitive singular)
empirejänne (partitive plural)
empiressänne (inessive singular)
empireissänne (inessive plural)
empirestänne (elative singular)
empireistänne (elative plural)
empireenne (illative singular)
empireihinne (illative plural)
empirellänne (adessive singular)
empireillänne (adessive plural)
empireltänne (ablative singular)
empireiltänne (ablative plural)
empirellenne (allative singular)
empireillenne (allative plural)
empirenänne (essive singular)
empireinänne (essive plural)
empireksenne (singular translative)
empireiksenne (plural translative)
empirettänne (abessive singular)
empireittänne (abessive plural)
empireinenne (comitative plural)
empirensä (nominative singular)
empirensä (nominative plural)
empirensä (accusative nominative singular)
empirensä (accusative nominative plural)
empirensä (accusative genitive singular)
empirensä (accusative genitive plural)
empirensä (genitive singular)
empirejensä (genitive plural)
empireinsä (genitive plural rare)
empireään (partitive singular)
empireänsä (partitive singular)
empirejään (partitive plural)
empirejänsä (partitive plural)
empiressään (inessive singular)
empiressänsä (inessive singular)
empireissään (inessive plural)
empireissänsä (inessive plural)
empirestään (elative singular)
empirestänsä (elative singular)
empireistään (elative plural)
empireistänsä (elative plural)
empireensä (illative singular)
empireihinsä (illative plural)
empirellään (adessive singular)
empirellänsä (adessive singular)
empireillään (adessive plural)
empireillänsä (adessive plural)
empireltään (ablative singular)
empireltänsä (ablative singular)
empireiltään (ablative plural)
empireiltänsä (ablative plural)
empirelleen (allative singular)
empirellensä (allative singular)
empireilleen (allative plural)
empireillensä (allative plural)
empirenään (essive singular)
empirenänsä (essive singular)
empireinään (essive plural)
empireinänsä (essive plural)
empirekseen (singular translative)
empireksensä (singular translative)
empireikseen (plural translative)
empireiksensä (plural translative)
empirettään (abessive singular)
empirettänsä (abessive singular)
empireittään (abessive plural)
empireittänsä (abessive plural)
empireineen (comitative plural)
empireinensä (comitative plural)


empire

Quelle injustice aux Dieux, d’abandonner au femmes / Un empire si grand sur les plus belles âmes

1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 7:

What injustice from the gods, to give up for women / Such great dominion over the most beautiful souls

Russian: ампи́р (ampír)

Inherited from Old French empire, from Latin imperium.


empire

first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

inflection of empirer:
second-person singular imperative


empire

(uncommon, literally) to fill [with di ‘with’]

empire di gioia

empire la testa di qualcuno di chiacchiere

(figuratively) to fill, to stuff [with di ‘with’]

(archaic or literary) to satisfy, to satiate

it-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 avére)

empìre (canonical)
émpio (first-person present singular)
empìi (first-person historic past singular)
empiéi (first-person historic past singular uncommon)
empìto (participle past)
empiùto (participle past uncommon)
avére (auxiliary)
empìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
empièndo (gerund)
empiènte (participle present)
empìto (participle past)
empiùto (participle past uncommon)
émpio (first-person indicative present singular)
émpi (indicative present second-person singular)
émpie (indicative present singular third-person)
empiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
empìte (indicative plural present second-person)
émpiono (indicative plural present third-person)
empìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
empiéi (first-person historic indicative past singular uncommon)
empìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
empiésti (historic indicative past second-person singular uncommon)
empì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
empié (historic indicative past singular third-person uncommon)
empìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
empiémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural uncommon)
empìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
empiéste (historic indicative past plural second-person uncommon)
empìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
empiérono (historic indicative past plural third-person uncommon)
empirò (first-person future indicative singular)
empirài (future indicative second-person singular)
empirà (future indicative singular third-person)
empirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
empiréte (future indicative plural second-person)
empirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
empirèi (conditional first-person singular)
empirésti (conditional second-person singular)
empirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
empirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
empirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
empiréste (conditional plural second-person)
empirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
empirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
émpia (first-person present singular subjunctive)
émpia (present second-person singular subjunctive)
émpia (present singular subjunctive third-person)
empiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
émpiano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
empìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
émpi (imperative second-person singular)
émpia (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
empiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
empìte (imperative plural second-person)
émpiano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
empìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
émpia (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
empiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
empìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
émpiano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Vulgar Latin *implīre~*implĕre, from Latin implēre.


empire

Emperorship; the office, power or title of emperor.

An empire; the domain of an emperor or empress.

[⁊ 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

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:5-6, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

[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) 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.

English: empire

Scots: empire

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.


empire

fro-noun

empire oblique singular, m (oblique plural empires, nominative singular empires, nominative plural empire)

empire oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
empires (oblique plural)
empires (nominative singular)
empire (nominative plural)

→ Middle English: empire

English: empire

French: empire

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”).


empire

ro-adj

empire m or f or n (masculine plural empiri, feminine and neuter plural empire)

empiri (masculine plural)
empire (feminine neuter plural)
empire (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
empire (feminine indefinite singular)
empiri (indefinite masculine singular)
empire (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
empirele (definite masculine neuter singular)
empirea (definite feminine singular)
empirii (definite masculine singular)
empirele (definite feminine neuter plural)
empirelui (definite masculine neuter singular)
empirei (definite feminine singular)
empirilor (definite masculine singular)
empirelor (definite feminine neuter plural)