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Verb [French]

IPA: /ɑ̃.pi.ʁe/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-empirer.wav
Etymology: Attested in Old French as empirier, empoirier, equivalent to en- + pire (“worse”) + -er. Compare Spanish empeorar. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{cog|es|empeorar}} Spanish empeorar Head templates: {{fr-verb}} empirer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], empirer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], empirant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], empiré [participle, past], empire [first-person, indicative, present, singular], empires [indicative, present, second-person, singular], empire [indicative, present, singular, third-person], empirons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], empirez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], empirent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], empirais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], empirais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], empirait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], empirions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], empiriez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], empiraient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], empirai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], empiras [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], empira [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], empirâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], empirâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], empirèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], empirerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], empireras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], empirera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], empirerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], empirerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], empireront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], empirerais [conditional, first-person, singular], empirerais [conditional, second-person, singular], empirerait [conditional, singular, third-person], empirerions [conditional, first-person, plural], empireriez [conditional, plural, second-person], empireraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], empire [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], empires [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], empire [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], empirions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], empiriez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], empirent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], empirasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], empirasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], empirât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], empirassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], empirassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], empirassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], empire [imperative, second-person, singular], empirons [first-person, imperative, plural], empirez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive, rare) to worsen Tags: rare, transitive Synonyms: aggraver
    Sense id: en-empirer-fr-verb-9qgNzolH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (intransitive) to worsen Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-empirer-fr-verb-9qgNzolH1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb [Middle French]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], empirer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], empirant [gerund, participle, present]
Etymology: Attested in Old French as empirier, equivalent to en- + pire (“worse”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{der|frm|fro|-}} Old French Head templates: {{head|frm|verb}} empirer
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to worsen Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-empirer-frm-verb-9qgNzolH Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "empeorar"
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      "expansion": "Spanish empeorar",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁɛ/",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "empirait",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁɛ/",
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁjɔ̃/",
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empiriez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁa/",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁa/",
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁam/",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁat/",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁa/",
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirerez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empireront",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirerait",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirerions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empireriez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empireraient",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "pluperfect"
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      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "empire",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.piʁ/",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.piʁ/",
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.piʁ/",
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁje/",
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.piʁ/",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirasse",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁas/",
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    {
      "form": "empirât",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirassions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirassiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "empirassent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "empire",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.piʁ/",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁe/",
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        "second-person"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "english": "Let's not make things worse.",
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        "(intransitive) to worsen"
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        "intransitive"
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.pi.ʁe/"
    },
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for empirer meaning in All languages combined (11.4kB)

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