empire

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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.
2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
3. 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.
4. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
5. control, dominion, sway.

Adj

Alternative letter-case form of Empire.

Conceptos

imperio

Imperio

reino

poder

Con guión como

em‧pire

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.

Oraciones

Constitution of the empire .

Constitución del Imperio.

Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure .

El comercio romano permitió que su imperio floreciera y perdurara.

It didn't help that back then the empire was in the midst of a succession conflict .

No ayudó que en aquel entonces el Imperio estaba en medio de un conflicto de sucesión.