troupe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

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.

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

• trouper
• super trouper

Related terms

• trooper

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

• Puerto, pouter, tore up, uptore

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁup/

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Noun

troupe f (plural troupes)

1. troop

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• poutre, poutré

Etymology

Borrowed from French troupe.

Noun

troupe f (invariable)

1. troupe, company (theatrical)

Anagrams

• reputo, reputò

Noun

troupe f (plural troupes)

1. troupe