empir

See also: empír

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emˈpir/
  • Rhymes: -ir
  • Hyphenation: em‧pìr

Verb

empir

  1. apocopic form of empire
    • 1889, Edmondo De Amicis, “Novembre [November]”, in Cuore [Heart], Il Direttore [The Principal]:
      […] gira ancora intorno alla scuola a vedere che i ragazzi non si caccino sotto le carrozze, o non si trattengan per le strade a far querciola, o a empir gli zaini di sabbia o di sassi.
      […] he still wanders around the school checking that the kids don't get themselves under the carriages, or stay on the road walking on their hands or filling their rucksacks with sand or stones.

Middle English

Noun

empir

  1. alternative form of empire
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