emprise
French, noun/ɑ̃.pʁiz/
emprise is spelled E-M-P-R-I-S-E (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emprise is a French feminine noun meaning “expropriation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de prendre des terrains par expropriation”.
What does emprise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpropriation
- 2
femininedomination, control, influence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de prendre des terrains par expropriation. 2. Occupation d’une région, d’un territoire. 3. Projection d'une construction sur une surface. 4. Terrain utilisé par un moyen de transport, comme une route, une voie ferrée, une piste cyclable, et l’ensemble des espaces nécessaires à son entretien ou à son exploitation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of emprise
- emprises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emprise?
- /ɑ̃.pʁiz/
- \ɑ̃.pʁiz\
- [ɑ̃.pʁiz]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emprise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emprise in French?
emprise appears 6.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).