troupe
See also: Troupe
Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Noun
1.3.1 Translations
1.4 Verb
1.5 Derived terms
1.6 Related terms
1.7 See also
1.8 Anagrams
2 French
2.1 Etymology
2.2 Pronunciation
2.3 Noun
2.3.1 Synonyms
2.3.2 Descendants
2.4 Further reading
2.5 Anagrams
3 Italian
3.1 Etymology
3.2 Noun
3.3 Anagrams
4 Spanish
4.1 Noun
English
Etymology
Attested 1825. Borrowed from French troupe. Ultimately from the same Germanic root as troop.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɹuːp/- Rhymes: -uːp
Noun
troupe (plural troupes)
- A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.
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- Any group of people working together on a shared activity.
Translations
company of actors, etc.
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any group of people
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Verb
troupe (third-person singular simple present troupes, present participle trouping, simple past and past participle trouped)
(intransitive) To tour with a troupe.
Derived terms
- trouper
- super trouper
Related terms
- trooper
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Anagrams
Puerto, pouter, tore up, uptore
French
Etymology
From Frankish *thorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʁup/
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Noun
troupe f (plural troupes)
- troop
Synonyms
(non-military): bande
Descendants
- → English: troop; troupe
- → Middle Dutch: trop
- Dutch: troep
- Afrikaans: troep
- Afrikaans: troep
- Dutch: troep
- → German: Truppe
- → Swedish: trupp
Further reading
- “troupe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
poutre, poutré
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French troupe.
Noun
troupe f (invariable)
troupe, company (theatrical)
Anagrams
reputo, reputò
Spanish
Noun
troupe f (plural troupes)
- troupe