troupe

English

a troupe of entertainers

Etymology

Attested 1825. Borrowing from French troupe. Ultimately from the same Germanic root as troop.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

troupe (plural troupes)

1. A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.
2. Any group of people working together on a shared activity.

Translations

company of actors, etc.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 團 (cmn), 团 (cmn) (tuán)

• Finnish: ryhmä (fi)
• French: troupe (fr) f

• German: Truppe (de) f
• Hungarian: színtársulat (hu)
• Japanese: 団 (ja) (だん, dan)
• Russian: труппа (ru) (trúppa) f
• Yiddish: טרופּע (yi) (trupe) f

any group of people

• Finnish: ryhmä (fi)

• German: Truppe (de) f
• Hungarian: csoport (hu)
• Russian: группа (ru) (grúppa), труппа (ru) (trúppa) f

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

• pouter, uptore

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French

Etymology

Germanic, usually considered to be unattested Frankish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

troupe f (plural troupes)

1. troop

Synonyms

• (non-military): bande

Anagrams

• poutre, poutré

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French.

Noun

troupe f (invariable)

1. troupe, company (theatrical)

Anagrams

• reputo, reputò