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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛm(p).ti/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɛm(p).thi]
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• /ˈɪm(p).ti/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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• [ˈɪm(p).thi] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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• Australian: /ˈem(p).ti/
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• Australian: [ˈem(p).thi]
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• rhymes with -ɛmpti
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• rhymes with -ɛmti
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 M P T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: EH1 M T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

284 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: leeg — devoid of content
• Albanian: bosh — devoid of content
• Southern Altai: бош (boš) — devoid of content
• Arabic: فَارِغ (fāriḡ) — devoid of content
• Arabic: فاضي (fāḍī) — devoid of content
• Arabic: فاضي (fāḍī) — devoid of content
• Iraqi Arabic: بوش (bōš) — devoid of content
• Arabic: خالي (xāli) — devoid of content
• Aragonese: vuedo — devoid of content
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܦܝܩܐ (spīqā) — devoid of content
• Armenian: պարապ (parap) — devoid of content
• Armenian: դատարկ (datark) — devoid of content
• Armenian: սին (sin) — devoid of content
• Armenian: ունայն (unayn) — devoid of content
• Assamese: খালী (khali) — devoid of content
• Asturian: vacíu — devoid of content
• Asturian: baleru — devoid of content
• Asturian: valeru — devoid of content
• Asturian: lluezu — devoid of content
• Asturian: güecu — devoid of content
• Azerbaijani: boş — devoid of content
• Azerbaijani: puç — devoid of content
• Azerbaijani: xali — devoid of content
• Bashkir: буш (buş) — devoid of content
• Belarusian: пусты́ (pustý) — devoid of content
• Bengali: খালি (khali) — devoid of content
• Bengali: ফাঁকা (phãka) — devoid of content
• Bhojpuri: खाली (khālī) — devoid of content
• Breton: goullo — devoid of content
• Bulgarian: пра́зен (prázen) — devoid of content
• Burmese: လွတ် (lwat) — devoid of content
• Catalan: buit — devoid of content
• Chechen: деса (desa) — devoid of content
• Cherokee: ᎤᏏᏩ (usihwa) — devoid of content
• Chinese Cantonese: 空 (hung1) — devoid of content
• Chinese Mandarin: 空的 (kōng de) — devoid of content
• East Circassian: нэщӏ (nɛśʼ) — devoid of content
• West Circassian: нэкӏы (nɛkʼə) — devoid of content
• Ngazidja Comorian: -ruvu — devoid of content
• Czech: prázdný — devoid of content
• Danish: tom — devoid of content
• Dutch: leeg — devoid of content
• Esperanto: malplena — devoid of content
• Esperanto: senenhava — devoid of content
• Estonian: tühi — devoid of content
• Faroese: tómur — devoid of content
• Finnish: tyhjä — devoid of content
• French: vide — devoid of content
• Old French: vuit — devoid of content
• Galician: van — devoid of content
• Galician: baleiro — devoid of content
• Galician: oco — devoid of content
• Galician: vacío — devoid of content
• Georgian: ცარიელი (carieli) — devoid of content
• German: leer — devoid of content
• German: inhaltslos — devoid of content
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus) — devoid of content
• Greek: άδειος (ádeios) — devoid of content
• Greek: κενός (kenós) — devoid of content
• Ancient Greek: κενός (kenós) — devoid of content
• Haitian Creole: vid — devoid of content
• Hebrew: ריק (reik) — devoid of content
• Hindi: रीता (rītā) — devoid of content
• Hindi: छूछा (chūchā) — devoid of content
• Hindi: ख़ाली (xālī) — devoid of content
• Hungarian: üres — devoid of content
• Hunsrik: läer — devoid of content
• Icelandic: tómur — devoid of content
• Ido: vakua — devoid of content
• Indonesian: kosong — devoid of content
• Ingrian: tyhjä — devoid of content
• Ingush: даьсса (dässa) — devoid of content
• Irish: folamh — devoid of content
• Italian: vuoto — devoid of content
• Japanese: 空の (kara no) — devoid of content
• Japanese: 空っぽな (karappo na) — devoid of content
• Kabuverdianu: inban — devoid of content
• Kashubian: pùsti — devoid of content
• Kazakh: бос (bos) — devoid of content
• Kazakh: құр (qūr) — devoid of content
• Khmer: ទទេ (tɔtei) — devoid of content
• Khmer: ទំនេរ (tumnei) — devoid of content
• Korean: 비다 (bida) — devoid of content
• Central Kurdish: بەتاڵ (betall) — devoid of content
• Northern Kurdish: vala — devoid of content
• Kyrgyz: бош (boş) — devoid of content
• Kyrgyz: куру (kuru) — devoid of content
• Lao: ຫວ່າງ (huāng) — devoid of content
• Lao: ເວົ່າ (wao) — devoid of content
• Latgalian: tukšs — devoid of content
• Latgalian: dīks — devoid of content
• Latgalian: pūsts — devoid of content
• Latin: vacuus — devoid of content
• Latin: inanis — devoid of content
• Latin: cassus — devoid of content
• Latvian: tukšs — devoid of content
• Lithuanian: tuščias — devoid of content
• Lithuanian: tuščia — devoid of content
• Luxembourgish: eidel — devoid of content
• Macedonian: празен (prazen) — devoid of content
• Malay: kosong — devoid of content
• Malayalam: ഒഴിഞ്ഞ (oḻiñña) — devoid of content
• Malayalam: തരിശ് (tariśŭ) — devoid of content
• Mongolian: хоосон (xooson) — devoid of content
• Neapolitan: vacante — devoid of content
• Nepali: खाली (khālī) — devoid of content
• Nepali: रित्तो (ritto) — devoid of content
• Nepali: रिक्त (rikta) — devoid of content
• Norman: viède — devoid of content
• Norwegian: tom — devoid of content
• Occitan: void — devoid of content
• Occitan: vuòg — devoid of content
• Occitan: vuèg — devoid of content
• Old English: tōm — devoid of content
• Old English: īdel — devoid of content
• Old Norse: tómr — devoid of content
• Oromo: duwwaa — devoid of content
• Ossetian: афтид (aftid) — devoid of content
• Persian: خالی (xâli) — devoid of content
• Persian: تهی (tohi) — devoid of content
• Persian: پوچ (puč) — devoid of content
• Polish: pusty — devoid of content
• Polish: próżny — devoid of content
• Portuguese: vazio — devoid of content
• Romanian: vid — devoid of content
• Romanian: gol — devoid of content
• Romanian: deșert — devoid of content
• Romanian: golit — devoid of content
• Romansh: vid — devoid of content
• Russian: пусто́й (pustój) — devoid of content
• Russian: поро́жний (poróžnij) — devoid of content
• Scottish Gaelic: falamh — devoid of content
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — devoid of content
• Serbo-Croatian: празан — devoid of content
• Serbo-Croatian: prazan — devoid of content
• Sicilian: vacanti — devoid of content
• Slovak: prázdny — devoid of content
• Slovene: prazen — devoid of content
• Slovene: pust — devoid of content
• Lower Sorbian: prozny — devoid of content
• Upper Sorbian: prózdny — devoid of content
• Spanish: vacío — devoid of content
• Swahili: -tupu — devoid of content
• Swedish: tom — devoid of content
• Sylheti: ꠈꠣꠟꠤ (xáli) — devoid of content
• Tagalog: basyo — devoid of content
• Tajik: холӣ (xoli) — devoid of content
• Tajik: тиҳӣ (tihi) — devoid of content
• Talysh: خالی (xâli) — devoid of content
• Tamil: காலி (kāli) — devoid of content
• Tamil: வெறுமை (veṟumai) — devoid of content
• Tamil: வெற்று (veṟṟu) — devoid of content
• Telugu: ఖాళీ (khāḷī) — devoid of content
• Telugu: ఒట్టి (oṭṭi) — devoid of content
• Thai: ว้าง (wáang) — devoid of content
• Thai: หว่า (wàa) — devoid of content
• Tocharian B: aikare — devoid of content
• Tongan: maha — devoid of content
• Turkish: boş — devoid of content
• Ottoman Turkish: بوش (boş) — devoid of content
• Ottoman Turkish: خالی (hali) — devoid of content
• Turkmen: boş — devoid of content
• Ukrainian: поро́жній (poróžnij) — devoid of content
• Ukrainian: пусти́й (pustýj) — devoid of content
• Urdu: چھوچھا (chūchā) — devoid of content
• Urdu: خالی (xālī) — devoid of content
• Uzbek: boʻsh — devoid of content
• Venetan: vódo — devoid of content
• Vietnamese: trống — devoid of content
• Vietnamese: rỗng — devoid of content
• Welsh: coeg — devoid of content
• Welsh: gwag — devoid of content
• Welsh: anghyfannedd — devoid of content
• Yiddish: ליידיק (leydik) — devoid of content
• Yiddish: פּוסט (pust) — devoid of content
• Azerbaijani: boş şüşə — empty bottle
• Azerbaijani: boş butulka — empty bottle
• Chinese Mandarin: 空瓶 (kōng píng) — empty bottle
• French: cadavre — empty bottle
• Galician: casco — empty bottle
• Japanese: 空き瓶 (akibin) — empty bottle
• Korean: 빈 병 (bin byeong) — empty bottle
• Central Kurdish: بۆش (boş) — empty bottle
• Central Kurdish: بەتاڵ (betall) — empty bottle
• Portuguese: casco — empty bottle
• Swedish: tomflaska — empty bottle
• Swedish: tomglas — empty bottle
• Tagalog: basyo — empty bottle
• Southern Altai: бош эдер (boš eder) — to make empty
• Southern Altai: божодор (božodor) — to make empty
• Arabic: فَرَغَ (faraḡa) — to make empty
• Arabic: خوى (ḵwa) — to make empty
• Armenian: դատարկել (datarkel) — to make empty
• Armenian: թափել (tʻapʻel) — to make empty
• Assamese: আজৰা (azora) — to make empty
• Assamese: শুদা কৰা (xuda kora) — to make empty
• Assamese: উদং কৰা (udoṅ kora) — to make empty
• Assamese: খালী কৰা (khali kora) — to make empty
• Asturian: vaciar — to make empty
• Azerbaijani: boşaltmaq — to make empty
• Bashkir: бушатыу (buşatıw) — to make empty
• Bengali: খালি করা (khali kora) — to make empty
• Breton: goullonderiñ — to make empty
• Bulgarian: изпразвам (izprazvam) — to make empty
• Catalan: buidar — to make empty
• Czech: vyprázdnit — to make empty
• Danish: tømme — to make empty
• Dutch: leegmaken — to make empty
• Dutch: legen — to make empty
• Esperanto: malplenigi — to make empty
• Faroese: tøma — to make empty
• Finnish: tyhjentää — to make empty
• French: vider — to make empty
• Old French: vuidier — to make empty
• Galician: baleirar — to make empty
• Galician: vazar — to make empty
• Galician: librar — to make empty
• Georgian: ცლის (clis) — to make empty
• Georgian: იცლება (icleba) — to make empty
• Georgian: აცარიელებს (acarielebs) — to make empty
• Georgian: ცარიელდება (carieldeba) — to make empty
• German: leeren — to make empty
• German: entleeren — to make empty
• German: ausleeren — to make empty
• German: leer machen — to make empty
• Greek: αδειάζω (adeiázo) — to make empty
• Haitian Creole: vide — to make empty
• Hindi: रिक्त करना (rikt karnā) — to make empty
• Hungarian: ürít — to make empty
• Hungarian: kiürít — to make empty
• Hungarian: kiborít — to make empty
• Icelandic: tæma — to make empty
• Ido: vakuigar — to make empty
• Ido: varsar — to make empty
• Ingrian: päästää — to make empty
• Irish: bánaigh — to make empty
• Irish: folmhaigh — to make empty
• Italian: vuotare — to make empty
• Italian: svuotare — to make empty
• Japanese: 空にする (kara ni suru) — to make empty
• Korean: 비우다 (biuda) — to make empty
• Central Kurdish: بەتاڵ کردن (betall kirdin) — to make empty
• Northern Kurdish: vala kirin — to make empty
• Latin: vacuō — to make empty
• Ligurian: vuâ — to make empty
• Ligurian: veuâ — to make empty
• Lombard: vodì — to make empty
• Malay: mengosongkan — to make empty
• Māori: kautahanga — to make empty
• Māori: whakapiako — to make empty
• Māori: whakangita — to make empty
• Norman: vièdjer — to make empty
• Norman: viédgi — to make empty
• Norwegian: tømme — to make empty
• Occitan: voidar — to make empty
• Persian: خالی کردن (xâli kardan) — to make empty
• Polish: opróżnić — to make empty
• Portuguese: esvaziar — to make empty
• Romanian: goli — to make empty
• Romanian: descărca — to make empty
• Romanian: deșerta — to make empty
• Romanian: liber — to make empty
• Russian: опустоша́ть (opustošátʹ) — to make empty
• Russian: опустоши́ть (opustošítʹ) — to make empty
• Russian: опорожня́ть (oporožnjátʹ) — to make empty
• Russian: опорожни́ть (oporožnítʹ) — to make empty
• Russian: вынимать (vynimatʹ) — to make empty
• Russian: вынуть (vynutʹ) — to make empty
• Serbo-Croatian: испразнити — to make empty
• Serbo-Croatian: isprázniti — to make empty
• Slovene: prazniti — to make empty
• Slovene: izprazniti — to make empty
• Spanish: vaciar — to make empty
• Swedish: tömma — to make empty
• Tagalog: basyuhin — to make empty
• Turkish: boşaltmak — to make empty
• Ukrainian: спорожня́ти (sporožnjáty) — to make empty
• Ukrainian: споро́жнювати (sporóžnjuvaty) — to make empty
• Ukrainian: спорожни́ти (sporožnýty) — to make empty
• Urdu: خالی کرنا (xālī karnā) — to make empty
• Venetan: svodàre — to make empty
• Vietnamese: tẩy trống — to make empty
• Vietnamese: tẩy sạch — to make empty
• Walloon: vudî — to make empty