Polyglot Dictionary

empirer

/ɑ̃.pi.ʁe/

verb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
empire
past
a empiré
perfect
empiré

Meaning

  1. to worsen

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

verschlechtern

verschlechtern is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to worsen."

German

verschlimmern

verschlimmern is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to worsen."

Spanish

agravar

agravar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to worsen."

Spanish

empeorar

empeorar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to worsen."

Practice

1 What does empirer mean?

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