See also: groupé

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Noun

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groupe (plural groupes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of group.
    • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book. IX. [The popular Festival, and Music.]] Chap[ter] III.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. [], volume III, London: [] Corri, []; and sold by Colburn, [], and Mackenzie, [], →OCLC, page 18:
      He approached several groupes of gentlemen who seemed, by their voice and gesture, to be discoursing upon some important subject; []

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Etymology

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From Italian gruppo, itself derived from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (lump, round mass, body, crop), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (to crumple, bend, crawl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡʁup/
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Noun

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groupe m (plural groupes)

  1. group

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Descendants

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  • English: group (see there for further descendants)
  • German: Gruppe (see there for further descendants)
  • Irish: grúpa
  • Romanian: grup
  • Swedish: grupp
  • Turkish: grup
  • Yiddish: גרופּע (grupe)

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