troupe

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EnglishEdit

a troupe of entertainers

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tɹuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

NounEdit

troupe (plural troupes)

1. A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.
   • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian^[1]:

     Meanwhile, the bills on the main stages skewed towards mainstream pop, with mixed results. Lorde’s Friday evening Other stage appearance was one of the weekend’s highlights. The staging and choreography were fantastic – a giant glass tank on a hydraulic platform, in and around which a troupe of dancers acted out the highs and lows of a teenage party

2. Any group of people working together on a shared activity.

TranslationsEdit

company of actors, etc.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 團 (zh), 团 (zh) (tuán)

• Finnish: ryhmä (fi)
• French: troupe (fr) f
• German: Truppe (de) f

• Hungarian: színtársulat (hu)
• Japanese: 団 (ja) (だん, dan)
• Portuguese: trupe f
• Russian: тру́ппа (ru) f (trúppa)
• Yiddish: טרופּע‏‎ f (trupe)

any group of people

• Finnish: ryhmä (fi)
• German: Truppe (de) f

• Hungarian: csoport (hu)
• Russian: гру́ппа (ru) (grúppa), тру́ппа (ru) f (trúppa)

VerbEdit

troupe (third-person singular simple present troupes, present participle trouping, simple past and past participle trouped)

1. (intransitive) To tour with a troupe.

Derived termsEdit

• trouper
• super trouper

Related termsEdit

• trooper

See alsoEdit

• Appendix:English collective nouns

AnagramsEdit

• Puerto, pouter, tore up, uptore

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Frankish *thorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

troupe f (plural troupes)

1. troop

SynonymsEdit

• (non-military): bande

AnagramsEdit

• poutre, poutré

DescendantsEdit

• → English: troop; troupe
• → Middle Dutch: trop
  • Dutch: troep
    • Afrikaans: troep
• → German: Truppe
• → Swedish: trupp

Further readingEdit

• “troupe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French troupe.

NounEdit

troupe f (invariable)

1. troupe, company (theatrical)

AnagramsEdit

• reputo, reputò

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

troupe f (plural troupes)

1. troupe