comparse
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian comparsa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
comparse m or f by sense (plural comparses)
- (theater) extra
- (by extension) accomplice
- (colloquial) sidekick
Descendants edit
- → Czech: komparz
Further reading edit
- “comparse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
comparse f
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
comparse
- third-person singular past historic of comparire
Etymology 3 edit
Participle edit
comparse f pl