empire

Significado

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.

Hifenizado como

em‧pire

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/

Etimologia

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.

Frases

Constitution of the empire .

Constituição do Império.

Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure .

O comércio romano permitiu que seu império florescesse e suportasse.

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

Não ajudou que naquela época o Império estivesse no meio de um conflito de sucessão.