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




a troupe of entertainers



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)


  1. A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.

    • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian[1]:
      Meanwhile, the bills on the main stages skewed towards mainstream pop, with mixed results. Lorde’s Friday evening Other stage appearance was one of the weekend’s highlights. The staging and choreography were fantastic – a giant glass tank on a hydraulic platform, in and around which a troupe of dancers acted out the highs and lows of a teenage party

  2. Any group of people working together on a shared activity.


Translations





Verb


troupe (third-person singular simple present troupes, present participle trouping, simple past and past participle trouped)



  1. (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)


  1. troop


Synonyms



  • (non-military): bande


Descendants


  • → English: troop; troupe

  • → Middle Dutch: trop
    • Dutch: troep
      • Afrikaans: 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)



  1. troupe, company (theatrical)


Anagrams



  • reputo, reputò


Spanish



Noun


troupe f (plural troupes)


  1. troupe

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