Word.ws English Dictionary

empire in Malay

empayar

UK/ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯//ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/

empire in Malay: empayar. In English, empire means a political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

Malay words for empire

political unit, having numerous or extensive territories
empayar

English meaning of empire

  1. noun A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
  2. noun A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
  3. noun The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
  4. noun An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

Full definition of empire

empire in a sentence

  • The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.
  • the McDonald's fast food empire

empire in other languages

Questions about empire in Malay

What is the meaning of empire in Malay?
Empire in Malay is empayar.
Apakah maksud empire dalam bahasa Melayu?
Empire: empayar.
What does empire mean in English?
Empire means a political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: empire (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-empire.wav.

Cite this page: “empire meaning in Malay.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/malay/empire. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.