troupe

See also: Troupe

English
a troupe of entertainers

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɹuːp/
  • Rhymes: -uːp
  • Homophone: troop

Noun

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:
      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.
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Translations

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To tour with a troupe.

Derived terms

See also
  • Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁup/
  • audio(file)

Noun

troupe f (plural troupes)

  1. troop

Synonyms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French troupe.

Noun

troupe f (invariable)

  1. troupe, company (theatrical)

Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

troupe f (plural troupes)

  1. troupe
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