"empire" meaning in French

See empire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɑ̃.piʁ/ Audio: Fr-empire.ogg Forms: empires [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French empire, from Latin imperium. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|empire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French empire, {{inh+|fr|fro|empire}} Inherited from Old French empire, {{inh|fr|la|imperium}} Latin imperium Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} empire m (plural empires)
  1. empire Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-empire-fr-noun-1gK~j0cL
  2. influence, authority, dominion Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-empire-fr-noun-DyCvyJ3y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Céleste Empire, Empire byzantin, Empire des Fleurs, Empire du Milieu, Empire ottoman, Empire romain, Saint-Empire romain germanique Related terms: empereur, impératrice, imperial
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɑ̃.piʁ/ Audio: Fr-empire.ogg
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} empire
  1. inflection of empirer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Categories (topical): Monarchy
    Sense id: en-empire-fr-verb-RkzpvMmu Disambiguation of Monarchy: 4 16 54 26 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 62 23
  2. inflection of empirer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-empire-fr-verb-~z6bufT4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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