empty

Betekenis

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.

Met koppelteken als

emp‧ty

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɛmp.ti/

Etymologie

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.

Zinnen

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

Hij keek weer om zich heen naar het lege plein en voelde zich minder wanhopig dan voorheen.