ensemble
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃mbl̩/
- (UK, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/
- (US, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/
Audio (US) (file)
NounEdit
ensemble (plural ensembles)
- A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
- (fashion) A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
- (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
- 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.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- (music) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
- (mathematics, physics) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
- (machine learning) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)
- To put together in a coordinated whole.
- 1908, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report - Volume 62[1], 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.
- (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble
NounEdit
ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin insimul, a variant of simul.[1] See also Italian insieme.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ensemble
NounEdit
ensemble m (plural ensembles)
- an outfit
- (mathematics) a set
- (music) an ensemble
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Danish: ensemble
- → Dutch: ensemble
- → English: ensemble
- → German: Ensemble
- → Norwegian: ensemble
- → Portuguese: ensemble
- → Spanish: ensemble
- → Swedish: ensemble
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further readingEdit
- “ensemble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.
NounEdit
ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensembler, definite plural ensembla or ensemblene)
- an ensemble
ReferencesEdit
- “ensemble” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.
NounEdit
ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensemble, definite plural ensembla)
- an ensemble
ReferencesEdit
- “ensemble” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
AdverbEdit
ensemble
DescendantsEdit
- French: ensemble
- Norman: ensemblle (Guernsey), ensembl'ye (Jersey)
- → Galician: ensembra (archaic)
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
NounEdit
ensemble m (plural ensembles)
- ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)
- ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)
- Synonym: conjunto
- (music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
NounEdit
ensemble m (plural ensembles)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
NounEdit
ensemble c
- ensemble; a coordinated costume or outfit; a suite
- ensemble; a group of musicians, dancers etc who perform together; the chorus of a ballet company
- (music) ensemble; a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ensemble | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ensemble | ensemblen | ensembler | ensemblerna |
Genitive | ensembles | ensemblens | ensemblers | ensemblernas |