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empire

adj · name · noun · 30 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ĕmʹpīə
  • Received-Pronunciation: ĕmʹpī-ə
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛm.paɪ̯.ə/
  • General-American: ĕmʹpīr'
  • General-American: ĕmʹpī'ər
  • General-American: /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɚ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛmpaɪə/
  • General-American: /ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 M P AY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, not-comparable

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: art, arts, fashion, furniture, lifestyle

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: art, arts, fashion, furniture, lifestyle

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dated, not-comparable

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5

name

Meaning 5

Clipping of British Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

name

Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

name

Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

name

Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

name

Meaning 9

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named after the Empire State.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

name

Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place and former town in Dodge County and Bleckley County, Georgia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

name

Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community and coal town in Christian County, Kentucky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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12

name

Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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13

name

Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

A township and village therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

name

Meaning 14

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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15

name

Meaning 15

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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16

name

Meaning 16

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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17

name

Meaning 17

A number of places in the United States:

A district of the city of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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18

name

Meaning 18

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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19

name

Meaning 19

A number of places in the United States:

A former community in Goshen County, Wyoming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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20

name

Meaning 20

A number of places in the United States:

A number of other townships, listed under Empire Township.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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21

noun

Meaning 21

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the Russian empire

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Synonyms: none provided

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22

noun

Meaning 22

A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.

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23

noun

Meaning 23

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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24

noun

Meaning 24

An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the McDonald's fast food empire

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

control, dominion, sway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Absolute

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26

noun

Meaning 26

an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Broader terms: eating apple, dessert apple

27

noun

Meaning 27

a group of countries under a single authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the British created a great empire

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: government, authorities, regime

28

noun

Meaning 28

a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conglomerate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: corporation, corp

Narrower terms: publishing conglomerate, publishing empire

29

noun

Meaning 29

a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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Broader terms: monarchy

Narrower terms: Mogul empire, Second Empire

30

noun

Meaning 30

the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imperium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domain, demesne, land

Narrower terms: Roman Empire, Egyptian Empire, Egypt, Persia, Persian Empire, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire

History

Etymology

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.

See empire.

Across languages

Translations

286 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: keiserryk — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Afrikaans: ryk — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Albanian: perandori — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Amharic: ግዛት (gəzat) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Arabic: إِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة (ʔimbirāṭūriyya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Armenian: կայսրություն (kaysrutʻyun) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Armenian: իմպերիա (imperia) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Aromanian: amirãrilji — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Aromanian: vãsilii — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Aromanian: duvleti — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Assamese: সাম্ৰাজ্য (xamraizzo) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Asturian: imperiu — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Azerbaijani: imperiya — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Azerbaijani: imperatorluq — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Basque: inperio — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Belarusian: імпе́рыя (impjéryja) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Belarusian: iмпэ́рыя (impéryja) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Belarusian: ца́рства (cárstva) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Bengali: সাম্রাজ্য (śamrajjo) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Bulgarian: импе́рия (impérija) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Bulgarian: ца́рство (cárstvo) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Burmese: အင်ပါယာ (angpaya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Burmese: အင်ပိုင်ယာ (angpuing-ya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Catalan: imperi — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Chechen: импери (imperi) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Chinese Cantonese: 帝國 /帝国 (dai3 gwok3) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (dá̤-guók) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Hakka Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (ti-koet) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (tè-kok) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帝國 /帝国 (dìguó) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Wu Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (5ti-koq) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Czech: říše — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Czech: impérium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Danish: imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Danish: kejserrige — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Danish: rige — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Dutch: rijk — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Dutch: keizerrijk — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Esperanto: imperio — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Estonian: impeerium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Faroese: ríki — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Finnish: imperiumi — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Finnish: valtakunta — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • French: empire — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Saterland Frisian: Riek — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Friulian: imperi — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Galician: imperio — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Georgian: იმპერია (imṗeria) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • German: Reich — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • German: Imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • German: Kaiserreich — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Greek: αυτοκρατορία (aftokratoría) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Gujarati: સામ્રાજ્ય (sāmrājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Hebrew: אִימְפֶּרְיָה (imperyá) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Hindi: साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Hindi: सल्तनत (saltanat) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Hungarian: birodalom — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Hungarian: impérium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Hungarian: császárság — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Icelandic: keisaradæmi — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Icelandic: ríki — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Ido: imperio — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Indonesian: kekaisaran — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Indonesian: imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Irish: impireacht — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Italian: impero — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Japanese: 帝国 (teikoku) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Kannada: ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ (sāmrājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Kazakh: империя (imperiä) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Khmer: ចក្រភព (cakkraʼphup) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Korean: 제국 (jeguk) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Northern Kurdish: împaratorî — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Northern Kurdish: şahînşahî — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Kyrgyz: империя (imperiya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Lao: ຈັກກະພັດ (chak ka phat) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Latin: imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Latvian: impērija — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Ligurian: inpêro — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Lithuanian: imperija — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Macedonian: империја (imperija) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Malay: empayar — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Maltese: imperu — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Māori: emepaea — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Marathi: साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Mirandese: ampério — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Mongolian: хаант улс (xaant uls) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Mongolian: ноёрхол (nojorxol) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Mongolian: эзэнт гүрэн (ezent güren) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Nepali: साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Norwegian Bokmål: imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rike — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rike — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Occitan: empèri — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Occitan: impèri — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Odia: ସାମ୍ରାଜ୍ଯ (sāmrājja) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Church Slavic: цѣсарьствиѥ (cěsarĭstvije) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Old English: rīċe — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Old Saxon: rīki — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Papiamentu: imperio — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Pashto: امپراتوري (amparāturi) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Pashto: شهنشاهي (šahanšāhi) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Iranian Persian: اِمْپِراتوری (emperâturi) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Iranian Persian: اِمْپِراطوری (emperâturi) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Iranian Persian: شاهَنْشاهی (šâhanšâhi) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Polish: imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Polish: cesarstwo — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Portuguese: império — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Punjabi: ਸਲਤਨਤ (saltanat) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Punjabi: ਸਾਮਰਾਜ (sāmrāj) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Romanian: imperiu — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Romanian: împărăție — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Russian: импе́рия (impérija) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Russian: ца́рство (cárstvo) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Sanskrit: साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Sanskrit: राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Sanskrit: राज्य (rājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìmpireachd — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝмпе̄рӣја — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: ца̑рство — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: ца̏ревина — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìmpērīja — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȃrstvo — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȁrevina — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Sicilian: mpiru — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Slovak: ríša — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Slovak: impérium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Slovene: imperij — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Spanish: imperio — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Swedish: imperium — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Swedish: rike — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Tagalog: imperyo — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Tajik: империя (imperiya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Tajik: шоҳаншоҳӣ (šohanšohi) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Tamil: பேரரசு (pēraracu) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Tamil: சாம்ராஜ்யம் (cāmrājyam) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Telugu: సామ్రాజ్యము (sāmrājyamu) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Thai: จักรวรรดิ (jàk-grà-wàt) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཁམས (yul khams) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྲིད (rgyal srid) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Turkish: imparatorluk — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایمپراطورلق (imperatorluk) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Turkmen: imperiýa — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Ukrainian: імпе́рія (impérija) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Ukrainian: ца́рство (cárstvo) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Urdu: سَلْطَنَت (saltanat) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Urdu: سامْراجْیَہ (sāmrājya) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Urdu: شاہَنْشَہی (śāhanśahī) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Uyghur: ئىمپېرىيە (impëriye) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Uzbek: imperiya — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Venetan: inpero — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Vietnamese: đế quốc — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Walloon: impire — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Welsh: ymerodraeth — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Yiddish: אימפּעריע (imperye) — political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
  • Albanian: perandori — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Armenian: կայսրություն (kaysrutʻyun) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Belarusian: імпе́рыя (impjéryja) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Belarusian: iмпэ́рыя (impéryja) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Bulgarian: импе́рия (impérija) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Catalan: imperi — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Chechen: импери (imperi) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Chinese Cantonese: 帝國 /帝国 (dai3 gwok3) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (dá̤-guók) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Hakka Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (ti-koet) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (tè-kok) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帝國 /帝国 (dìguó) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Wu Chinese: 帝國 /帝国 (5ti-koq) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Czech: císařství — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Danish: kejserdømme — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Danish: kejserrige — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Dutch: keizerrijk — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Esperanto: imperio — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Estonian: keisririik — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Finnish: keisarikunta — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • French: empire — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Georgian: იმპერია (imṗeria) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • German: Kaiserreich — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • German: Kaisertum — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Greek: αυτοκρατορία (aftokratoría) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Hindi: साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Hungarian: császárság — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Ido: imperio — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Indonesian: kekaisaran — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Irish: impireacht — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Italian: impero — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Japanese: 帝政 (teisei) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Japanese: 帝国 (teikoku) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Khmer: ចក្រភព (cakkraʼphup) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Khmer: អាណាចក្រ (ʼaanaacak) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Korean: 제국 (jeguk) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Korean: 제정 (jejeong) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Latvian: impērija — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Lithuanian: imperija — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Luxembourgish: Räich — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Māori: emepaea — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Marathi: साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Middle English: empire — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Middle English: emperie — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Mongolian: эзэнт улс (ezent uls) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠵᠡᠨᠲᠦ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (eǰentü ulus) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: keiserdømme — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: keiserrike — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: keisardøme — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: keisarrike — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Old English: rīċe — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Old Saxon: rīki — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Polish: imperium — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Polish: cesarstwo — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Portuguese: império — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Romanian: imperiu — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Russian: импе́рия (impérija) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìmpireachd — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Serbo-Croatian: ца̑рство — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Serbo-Croatian: ца̏ревина — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȃrstvo — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȁrevina — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Silesian: cysŏrzstwo — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Slovak: cisárstvo — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Slovene: cesarstvo — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Spanish: imperio — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Swedish: kejsardöme — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Swedish: imperium — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Tagalog: imperyo — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Tamil: பேரரசு (pēraracu) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Thai: จักรวรรดิ (jàk-grà-wàt) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྲིད (rgyal srid) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྲིད་རྒྱས་པ (rgyal srid rgyas pa) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཁམས (rgyal khams) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཁམས (yul khams) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Turkish: imparatorluk — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Ukrainian: імпе́рія (impérija) — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Vietnamese: đế quốc — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Volapük: lampörän — political unit ruled by an emperor
  • Armenian: կայսրություն (kaysrutʻyun) — group of states
  • Bulgarian: импе́рия (impérija) — group of states
  • Catalan: imperi — group of states
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帝國 /帝国 (dìguó) — group of states
  • Danish: imperium — group of states
  • Dutch: imperium — group of states
  • Esperanto: imperio — group of states
  • Estonian: impeerium — group of states
  • Finnish: imperiumi — group of states
  • German: Weltreich — group of states
  • German: Imperium — group of states
  • Greek: αυτοκρατορία (aftokratoría) — group of states
  • Hindi: साम्राज्य (sāmrājya) — group of states
  • Ido: imperio — group of states
  • Indonesian: imperium — group of states
  • Irish: impireacht — group of states
  • Japanese: 帝国 (teikoku) — group of states
  • Khmer: ចក្រភព (cakkraʼphup) — group of states
  • Korean: 제국 (jeguk) — group of states
  • Latvian: impērija — group of states
  • Lithuanian: imperija — group of states
  • Norwegian Bokmål: imperium — group of states
  • Portuguese: império — group of states
  • Russian: импе́рия (impérija) — group of states
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìmpireachd — group of states
  • Spanish: imperio — group of states
  • Swedish: imperium — group of states
  • Tibetan: གོང་མའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ (gong ma'i rgyal khab) — group of states
  • Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཁམས (yul khams) — group of states
  • Ukrainian: імпе́рія (impérija) — group of states
  • Armenian: կայսրություն (kaysrutʻyun) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Catalan: imperi — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帝國 /帝国 (dìguó) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Czech: říše — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Danish: imperium — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Dutch: imperium — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Esperanto: imperio — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Estonian: impeerium — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Finnish: imperiumi — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Finnish: valtakunta — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Greek: αυτοκρατορία (aftokratoría) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Ido: imperio — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Japanese: 企業帝国 (kigyō teikoku) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Japanese: 王朝 (ōchō) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Khmer: អាណាចក្រ (ʼaanaacak) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Latvian: impērija — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Portuguese: império — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Russian: импе́рия (impérija) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Swedish: imperium — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Tagalog: imperyo — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Tamil: சாம்ராஜ்யம் (cāmrājyam) — enterprise under the control of one person
  • Ukrainian: імпе́рія (impérija) — enterprise under the control of one person
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