troupe
See also: Troupe
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Attested 1825; borrowed from French troupe, which see for more. Doublet of troop, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.
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NounEdit
troupe (plural troupes)
- 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
- Any group of people working together on a shared activity.
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TranslationsEdit
company of actors, etc.
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any group of people
VerbEdit
troupe (third-person singular simple present troupes, present participle trouping, simple past and past participle trouped)
- (intransitive) To tour with a troupe.
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Back-formation from troupeau.
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NounEdit
troupe f (plural troupes)
SynonymsEdit
- (non-military): bande
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Further readingEdit
- “troupe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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troupe f (invariable)
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EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
troupe f (plural troupes)