ensemble
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/
- (UK, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/
- (US, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/
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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[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.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift[1]
- (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.
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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[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.
- (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Indonesian: ansambêl
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin insimul, a variant of simul[1] See also Italian insieme, Catalan ensems.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ensemble
- together
- Synonym: en commun
- Antonyms: séparément, tout seul
- 2018, Zaz, Nos vies
- Pour sûr que l'on est bien ensemble.
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NounEdit
ensemble m (plural ensembles)
- 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.
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- 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.
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- an outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
- (mathematics) a set
- (music) an ensemble
Usage notesEdit
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]
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
- ^ Banque de dépannage linguistique
Further readingEdit
- “ensemble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin in simul.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ensemble
DescendantsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble, from Latin īnsimul.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ensemble m inan
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.
NounEdit
ensemble m (plural ensembles)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ensemble.
NounEdit
ensemble m (plural ensembles)
Further readingEdit
- “ensemble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ensemble | ensemblen | ensembler | ensemblerna |
| Genitive | ensembles | ensemblens | ensemblers | ensemblernas |