ensemble
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/
- (UK, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/
- (US, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
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 terms
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Verb
ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)
- To put together in a coordinated whole.
- (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.blə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble
Noun
ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)
Derived terms
- ensemblemuziek
- theaterensemble
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl/
audio (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [ɔ̃sɔ̃m]
Adverb
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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Noun
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 notes
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 terms
Descendants
References
- Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
- Banque de dépannage linguistique
Further reading
- “ensemble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.
Noun
ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensembler, definite plural ensembla or ensemblene)
- an ensemble
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /en.ˈsem.blə/, (later) /an.ˈsam.blə/
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈsambl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ansambl
- Syllabification: en‧semble
Portuguese
Spanish
Further reading
- “ensemble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
ensemble c
Declension
Declension of ensemble | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ensemble | ensemblen | ensembler | ensemblerna |
Genitive | ensembles | ensemblens | ensemblers | ensemblernas |