empír
Empír is a term used in several Central European languages, most notably Hungarian and Czech, to denote the Empire and the Empire style that spread through art, architecture and fashion in the early 19th century. The word is a loan from the French empire and ultimately from Latin imperium, reflecting the association with Napoleonic political power.
In art and architecture, empír refers to the Empire style, a neoclassical design language associated with the
In fashion, the Empire style is linked to an empire waist—the high waistline just below the bust,
Today, empír remains a historical term in Hungarian and Czech discourse. In English, the corresponding terms