empty

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
2. Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
3. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
4. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
5. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
6. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
7. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
8. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
9. Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
10. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful.
11. Hungry.

Verb

1. To make empty; to remove the contents of.
2. Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

Noun

A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

Concepts

vide

vider

creux

vain

se vider

désert

évacuer

seul

libre

inutile

absent

vidanger

nu

basculer

gaspiller

gîter

incliner

pencher

ruiner

se concentrer sur

s’appliquer

pièce vide

fugitif

inconstant

momentané

passager

éphémère

décharger

dépeupler

dégonflé

sac

sans poids

vidé

simple

zéro

anodin

futile

insignifiant

abandonner

débander

quitter

renoncer

cadavre

drainer

Coupé comme

emp‧ty

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛmp.ti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet.
The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.

Phrases

He looked around at the empty plaza again , feeling less desperate than before .

Il regarda à nouveau la place vide, se sentant moins désespérée qu'auparavant.