ensemble

See also: Ensemble

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/
  • (UK, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/
  • (US, Anglicised) IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/
  • (file)

Noun

ensemble (plural ensembles)

  1. A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
  2. (fashion) A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
  3. (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.
  4. (music) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
  5. (mathematics, physics) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
  6. (machine learning) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)

  1. To put together in a coordinated whole.
    • 1908, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report - Volume 62, 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.
  2. (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.blə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble

Noun

ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)

  1. ensemble
  2. ensemble (group of musicians)
  3. (theater) troupe

Derived terms

  • ensemblemuziek
  • theaterensemble

Descendants

  • Indonesian: ansambêl

French

Etymology

From Latin īnsimul, a variant of simul[1] See also Italian insieme, Catalan ensems.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl/
  • (file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): [ɔ̃sɔ̃m]

Adverb

ensemble

  1. together
    Synonym: en commun
    Antonyms: séparément, tout seul
    • 2018, Zaz, Nos vies:
      Pour sûr que l’on est bien ensemble.
      We sure are good together.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

  1. 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.
    Jurisprudence refers to all court decisions relating to a given legal issue.
    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.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. an outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
  3. (mathematics) a set
  4. (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

  1. Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
  2. Banque de dépannage linguistique

Further reading

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)

  1. an ensemble

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

Noun

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensemble, definite plural ensembla)

  1. an ensemble

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin in simul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /en.ˈsem.blə/, (later) /an.ˈsam.blə/

Adverb

ensemble

  1. together

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble, from Latin īnsimul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈsambl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ansambl
  • Syllabification: en‧semble

Noun

ensemble m inan

  1. (music, theater) Alternative spelling of ansambl

Derived terms

adjective
adjective

Further reading

  • ensemble in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ensemble in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈsẽ.bow/ [ẽˈsẽ.boʊ̯], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈsẽ.bow/ [ĩˈsẽ.boʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈsẽ.bol/ [ẽˈsẽ.boɫ], /ẽˈsẽ.bɔl/ [ẽˈsẽ.bɔɫ]

  • Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

  1. ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)
    Synonym: conjunto
  2. ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)
    Synonym: conjunto
  3. (music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)
    Synonym: conjunto

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

  1. ensemble

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun

ensemble c

  1. ensemble; a coordinated costume or outfit; a suite
  2. ensemble; a group of musicians, dancers etc who perform together; the chorus of a ballet company
  3. (music) ensemble; a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists

Declension

Declension of ensemble 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ensemble ensemblen ensembler ensemblerna
Genitive ensembles ensemblens ensemblers ensemblernas

References

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