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The correct spelling is empire.
How to pronounce empire
/ˈɛmpaɪ.ə/
adjectiveIPA: /ˈɛmpaɪ.ə/
Say it like: Emp-ire
The correct spelling is empire. (furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). For example: "the Russian empire"
Usage Examples
“the Russian empire”
“The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.”
“the McDonald's fast food empire”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.(furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
- 2.(of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
noun
- 1.A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
- 2.A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
- 3.A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
- 4.An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- 5.(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
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