Although 475AD is the year that shows the 'decline' of the Roman Empire, it is not the year of its 'fall'.
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Empire
//ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯//
Synonyms for "empire" (109 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
12 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
78 entriesShowing 16 of 78 words.
has context
4 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
113 entriesShowing 16 of 113 words.
Translations
285 translations across 110 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- keiserryk noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- ryk noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Albanian
2 entries- perandori noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- perandori noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Amharic
1 entries- ግዛት noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Arabic
1 entries- إِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Armenian
4 entries- իմպերիա noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- կայսրություն noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- կայսրություն noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- կայսրություն noun (group of states)
Aromanian
3 entries- amirãrilji noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- duvleti noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- vãsilii noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Assamese
1 entries- সাম্ৰাজ্য noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Asturian
1 entries- imperiu noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- imperatorluq noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperiya noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Basque
1 entries- inperio noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Belarusian
4 entries- iмпэ́рыя noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- iмпэ́рыя noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- ца́рства noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- імпе́рыя noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Bengali
1 entries- সাম্রাজ্য noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Bulgarian
4 entries- импе́рия noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- импе́рия noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- импе́рия noun (group of states)
- ца́рство noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Burmese
2 entries- အင်ပါယာ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- အင်ပိုင်ယာ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Catalan
4 entries- imperi noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperi noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperi noun (group of states)
- imperi noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Chechen
2 entries- импери noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- импери noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Chinese
2 entries- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (group of states)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Church Slavic
1 entries- цѣсарьствиѥ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Czech
4 entries- císařství noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- impérium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- říše noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- říše noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Danish
4 entries- imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperium noun (group of states)
- imperium noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
- kejserdømme noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Dutch
4 entries- imperium noun (group of states)
- imperium noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
- keizerrijk noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- keizerrijk noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Esperanto
4 entries- imperio noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperio noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperio noun (group of states)
- imperio noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Estonian
4 entries- impeerium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- impeerium noun (group of states)
- impeerium noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
- keisririik noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Faroese
1 entries- ríki noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Finnish
4 entries- imperiumi noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperiumi noun (group of states)
- imperiumi noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
- keisarikunta noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
French
2 entries- empire noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- empire noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Friulian
1 entries- imperi noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Galician
1 entries- imperio noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Georgian
2 entries- იმპერია noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- იმპერია noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
German
4 entries- Imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- Imperium noun (group of states)
- Kaiserreich noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- Kaiserreich noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Greek
4 entries- αυτοκρατορία noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- αυτοκρατορία noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- αυτοκρατορία noun (group of states)
- αυτοκρατορία noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Gujarati
1 entries- સામ્રાજ્ય noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִימְפֶּרְיָה noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Hindi
4 entries- सल्तनत noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- साम्राज्य noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- साम्राज्य noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- साम्राज्य noun (group of states)
Hungarian
4 entries- birodalom noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- császárság noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- császárság noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- impérium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Icelandic
2 entries- keisaradæmi noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- ríki noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Ido
4 entries- imperio noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperio noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperio noun (group of states)
- imperio noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Indonesian
4 entries- imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperium noun (group of states)
- kekaisaran noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- kekaisaran noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اِمْپِراتوری noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- اِمْپِراطوری noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- شاهَنْشاهی noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Irish
3 entries- impireacht noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- impireacht noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- impireacht noun (group of states)
Italian
2 entries- impero noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- impero noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Japanese
4 entries- 企業帝国 noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
- 帝国 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 帝国 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- 帝国 noun (group of states)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Kazakh
1 entries- империя noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Khmer
4 entries- ចក្រភព noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- ចក្រភព noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- ចក្រភព noun (group of states)
- អាណាចក្រ noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Korean
4 entries- 제국 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 제국 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- 제국 noun (group of states)
- 제정 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- империя noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Lao
1 entries- ຈັກກະພັດ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Latin
1 entries- imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Latvian
4 entries- impērija noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- impērija noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- impērija noun (group of states)
- impērija noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Ligurian
1 entries- inpêro noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Lithuanian
3 entries- imperija noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperija noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperija noun (group of states)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Räich noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Macedonian
1 entries- империја noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Malay
1 entries- empayar noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Maltese
1 entries- imperu noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Marathi
2 entries- साम्राज्य noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- साम्राज्य noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Middle English
2 entries- emperie noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- empire noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Mirandese
1 entries- ampério noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Mongolian
4 entries- ноёрхол noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- хаант улс noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- эзэнт гүрэн noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- эзэнт улс noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Māori
2 entries- emepaea noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- emepaea noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Nepali
1 entries- साम्राज्य noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- împaratorî noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- şahînşahî noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperium noun (group of states)
- keiserdømme noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- keiserrike noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- keisardøme noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- keisarrike noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- rike noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Occitan
2 entries- empèri noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- impèri noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Odia
1 entries- ସାମ୍ରାଜ୍ଯ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Old English
2 entries- rīċe noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- rīċe noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Old Saxon
2 entries- rīki noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- rīki noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ایمپراطورلق noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Papiamentu
1 entries- imperio noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Pashto
2 entries- امپراتوري noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- شهنشاهي noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Polish
4 entries- cesarstwo noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- cesarstwo noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperium noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Portuguese
4 entries- império noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- império noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- império noun (group of states)
- império noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਸਲਤਨਤ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- ਸਾਮਰਾਜ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Romanian
3 entries- imperiu noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperiu noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- împărăție noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Russian
4 entries- импе́рия noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- импе́рия noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- импе́рия noun (group of states)
- импе́рия noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Sanskrit
3 entries- राज्य noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- राष्ट्र noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- साम्राज्य noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Riek noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- ìmpireachd noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- ìmpireachd noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- ìmpireachd noun (group of states)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cȁrevina noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- cȁrevina noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- cȃrstvo noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- cȃrstvo noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Sicilian
1 entries- mpiru noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Silesian
1 entries- cysŏrzstwo noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Slovak
3 entries- cisárstvo noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- impérium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- ríša noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Slovene
2 entries- cesarstvo noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperij noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Spanish
3 entries- imperio noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperio noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperio noun (group of states)
Swedish
4 entries- imperium noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperium noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperium noun (group of states)
- imperium noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Tagalog
3 entries- imperyo noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imperyo noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- imperyo noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
Tajik
2 entries- империя noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- шоҳаншоҳӣ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Tamil
4 entries- சாம்ராஜ்யம் noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- சாம்ராஜ்யம் noun (enterprise under the control of one person)
- பேரரசு noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- பேரரசு noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Telugu
1 entries- సామ్రాజ్యము noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Thai
1 entries- จักรวรรดิ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Tibetan
4 entries- གོང་མའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ noun (group of states)
- ཡུལ་ཁམས noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- ཡུལ་ཁམས noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- ཡུལ་ཁམས noun (group of states)
Turkish
2 entries- imparatorluk noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- imparatorluk noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Turkmen
1 entries- imperiýa noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ца́рство noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- імпе́рія noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- імпе́рія noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
- імпе́рія noun (group of states)
Urdu
3 entries- سامْراجْیَہ noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- سَلْطَنَت noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- شاہَنْشَہی noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىمپېرىيە noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Uzbek
1 entries- imperiya noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Venetan
1 entries- inpero noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Vietnamese
2 entries- đế quốc noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- đế quốc noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Volapük
1 entries- lampörän noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Walloon
1 entries- impire noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Welsh
1 entries- ymerodraeth noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
- 帝國 /帝国 noun (political unit ruled by an emperor)
Yiddish
1 entries- אימפּעריע noun (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.
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The empire absorbed all the small states.
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This is how the great empire came into existence.
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