Empire

== English == === Etymology === See empire. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmpaɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmpaɪɚ/ === Adjective === Empire (not comparable) (fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). (of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist. (UK, dated) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations. === Proper noun === Empire (UK, dated) Clipping of British Empire. 1979 March 31, Nicholas Henderson, "Britain's Decline: Its Causes and Consequences": With the eclipse of Empire, and the emergence of America and Russia, it was inevitable that we would lose comparative power and influence—and to be sure we have been in relative economic decline since the middle of the nineteenth century (when we were still producing two thirds of the world's energy, and half its iron and cotton cloth and when per capita income in Britain was over twice that in Germany and one third greater than in France). A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama. An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas. A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California. A town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named after the Empire State. A census-designated place and former town in Dodge County and Bleckley County, Georgia. An unincorporated community and coal town in Christian County, Kentucky. A census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. A township and village therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri. A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada. A village in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. A district of the city of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon. A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. A former community in Goshen County, Wyoming. A number of other townships, listed under Empire Township. === Related terms === === Anagrams === E-Prime, epimer, permie, premie == German == === Etymology === From French empire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃ˈpiːɐ/ === Noun === Empire n (genitive Empires, no plural) (French) empire (of Napoleon I or Napoleon III) (attributively) Empire (style of clothing, furniture etc.)