Wiktionary

ensemble

See also: Ensemble

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ensemble (plural ensembles)

  1. A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
  2. (fashion) A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
  4. (collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
    • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift[1]
      On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.
  5. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (music) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
  7. (mathematics, physics) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
  9. (machine learning) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Verb edit

ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)

  1. To put together in a coordinated whole.
    • 1908, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report - Volume 62‎[2], page 969:
      Landscape gardening or landscape architecture is the art that seeks the production of the most beautiful landscape effects, ensembling the various objects of interest into a grand whole and harmonious unit.
  2. (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.blə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble

Noun edit

ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)

  1. ensemble
  2. ensemble (group of musicians)
  3. (theater) troupe

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Indonesian: ansambêl

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

< French ensemble

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnsɑːbl/, [ˈɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝ːbl]
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃ˈsɑ̃ːbl/, [ɑ̝̃ˈs̠ɑ̝̃ːbl]

Noun edit

ensemble

  1. ensemble (group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together)

Declension edit

Inflection of ensemble (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ensemble ensemblet
genitive ensemblen ensemblejen
partitive ensembleä ensemblejä
illative ensembleen ensembleihin
singular plural
nominative ensemble ensemblet
accusative nom. ensemble ensemblet
gen. ensemblen
genitive ensemblen ensemblejen
ensembleinrare
partitive ensembleä ensemblejä
inessive ensemblessä ensembleissä
elative ensemblestä ensembleistä
illative ensembleen ensembleihin
adessive ensemblellä ensembleillä
ablative ensembleltä ensembleiltä
allative ensemblelle ensembleille
essive ensemblenä ensembleinä
translative ensembleksi ensembleiksi
abessive ensemblettä ensembleittä
instructive — ensemblein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ensemble (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ensembleni ensembleni
accusative nom. ensembleni ensembleni
gen. ensembleni
genitive ensembleni ensemblejeni
ensembleinirare
partitive ensembleäni ensemblejäni
inessive ensemblessäni ensembleissäni
elative ensemblestäni ensembleistäni
illative ensembleeni ensembleihini
adessive ensemblelläni ensembleilläni
ablative ensembleltäni ensembleiltäni
allative ensemblelleni ensembleilleni
essive ensemblenäni ensembleinäni
translative ensemblekseni ensembleikseni
abessive ensemblettäni ensembleittäni
instructive — —
comitative — ensembleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ensemblesi ensemblesi
accusative nom. ensemblesi ensemblesi
gen. ensemblesi
genitive ensemblesi ensemblejesi
ensembleisirare
partitive ensembleäsi ensemblejäsi
inessive ensemblessäsi ensembleissäsi
elative ensemblestäsi ensembleistäsi
illative ensembleesi ensembleihisi
adessive ensemblelläsi ensembleilläsi
ablative ensembleltäsi ensembleiltäsi
allative ensemblellesi ensembleillesi
essive ensemblenäsi ensembleinäsi
translative ensembleksesi ensembleiksesi
abessive ensemblettäsi ensembleittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — ensembleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ensemblemme ensemblemme
accusative nom. ensemblemme ensemblemme
gen. ensemblemme
genitive ensemblemme ensemblejemme
ensembleimmerare
partitive ensembleämme ensemblejämme
inessive ensemblessämme ensembleissämme
elative ensemblestämme ensembleistämme
illative ensembleemme ensembleihimme
adessive ensemblellämme ensembleillämme
ablative ensembleltämme ensembleiltämme
allative ensemblellemme ensembleillemme
essive ensemblenämme ensembleinämme
translative ensembleksemme ensembleiksemme
abessive ensemblettämme ensembleittämme
instructive — —
comitative — ensembleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ensemblenne ensemblenne
accusative nom. ensemblenne ensemblenne
gen. ensemblenne
genitive ensemblenne ensemblejenne
ensembleinnerare
partitive ensembleänne ensemblejänne
inessive ensemblessänne ensembleissänne
elative ensemblestänne ensembleistänne
illative ensembleenne ensembleihinne
adessive ensemblellänne ensembleillänne
ablative ensembleltänne ensembleiltänne
allative ensemblellenne ensembleillenne
essive ensemblenänne ensembleinänne
translative ensembleksenne ensembleiksenne
abessive ensemblettänne ensembleittänne
instructive — —
comitative — ensembleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ensemblensä ensemblensä
accusative nom. ensemblensä ensemblensä
gen. ensemblensä
genitive ensemblensä ensemblejensä
ensembleinsärare
partitive ensembleään
ensembleänsä 		ensemblejään
ensemblejänsä
inessive ensemblessään
ensemblessänsä 		ensembleissään
ensembleissänsä
elative ensemblestään
ensemblestänsä 		ensembleistään
ensembleistänsä
illative ensembleensä ensembleihinsä
adessive ensemblellään
ensemblellänsä 		ensembleillään
ensembleillänsä
ablative ensembleltään
ensembleltänsä 		ensembleiltään
ensembleiltänsä
allative ensemblelleen
ensemblellensä 		ensembleilleen
ensembleillensä
essive ensemblenään
ensemblenänsä 		ensembleinään
ensembleinänsä
translative ensemblekseen
ensembleksensä 		ensembleikseen
ensembleiksensä
abessive ensemblettään
ensemblettänsä 		ensembleittään
ensembleittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — ensembleineen
ensembleinensä

French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin īnsimul, a variant of simul[1] See also Italian insieme, Catalan ensems.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

ensemble

  1. together
    Synonym: en commun
    Antonyms: séparément, tout seul
    • 2018, Zaz, Nos vies:
      Pour sûr que l’on est bien ensemble.
      We sure are good together.

Noun edit

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

  1. A coming together of elements forming a whole, a unified or interrelated group; ensemble, set, grouping, aggregate, collection, body
    La jurisprudence désigne l’ensemble des décisions de justice relatives à une question juridique donnée.
    Jurisprudence refers to all court decisions relating to a given legal issue.
    La langue d’oïl est considérée, selon la vision traditionnelle de la linguistique romane, comme une seule et même langue, qui correspond principalement à un ensemble de dialectes d’oïl répartis historiquement autour de Paris.
    The langue d'oïl is considered, according to the traditional vision of Romance linguistics, as one and the same language, which corresponds primarily to a collection of "oïl" dialects historically distributed around Paris.
  2. an outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
  3. (mathematics) a set
  4. (music) an ensemble

Usage notes edit

When the subject of the verb is the collective noun ensemble followed by a predicate complement, the verb usually agrees with ensemble. In this case, the focus lies on the collective whole referred to by ensemble.
Though less common, it is not considered incorrect for the verb to agree with the grammatically plural predicate complement. In this case, the focus shifts to the individual elements of the collective whole. Plural agreement is more common with the indefinite article un modifying ensemble (i.e. un ensemble).[2]

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
  2. ^ Banque de dépannage linguistique

Further reading edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

Noun edit

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensembler, definite plural ensembla or ensemblene)

  1. an ensemble

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

Noun edit

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensemble, definite plural ensembla)

  1. an ensemble

References edit

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin in simul.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /en.ˈsem.blə/, (later) /an.ˈsam.blə/

Adverb edit

ensemble

  1. together

Descendants edit

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble, from Latin īnsimul.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ensemble m inan

  1. (music, theater) Alternative spelling of ansambl

Derived terms edit

adjective

Related terms edit

adjective

Further reading edit

  • ensemble in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ensemble in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

Noun edit

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

  1. ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)
    Synonym: conjunto
  2. ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)
    Synonym: conjunto
  3. (music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)
    Synonym: conjunto

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun edit

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

  1. ensemble

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun edit

ensemble c

  1. ensemble; a coordinated costume or outfit; a suite
  2. ensemble; a group of musicians, dancers etc who perform together; the chorus of a ballet company
  3. (music) ensemble; a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists

Declension edit

Declension of ensemble 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ensemble ensemblen ensembler ensemblerna
Genitive ensembles ensemblens ensemblers ensemblernas

References edit

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