how to pronounce empire

/ˈɛmpaɪɚ/

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empire is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of empire in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the fall of the Roman Empire why do you …”

meanings of empire

noun:

An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
Control, dominion, sway.
A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
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.
A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.

adjective:

Alternative letter-case form of Empire.
Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804-1814).
Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.
Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.

name:

A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

empire frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word empire occurs in english on average 24.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.