troupe

== English == === Etymology === Attested 1825; Unadapted borrowing from French troupe, which see for more. Doublet of troop, and possibly also of thorp and dorp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɹuːp/ Rhymes: -uːp Homophone: troop === Noun === troupe (plural troupes) A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers. Any group of people working together on a shared activity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === troupe (third-person singular simple present troupes, present participle trouping, simple past and past participle trouped) (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 == French == === Etymology === Back-formation from troupeau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁup/ === Noun === troupe f (plural troupes) troop ==== Synonyms ==== (non-military): bande ==== Derived terms ==== en route mauvaise troupe ==== Descendants ==== → English: troop; troupe → Middle Dutch: trop Dutch: troep Afrikaans: troep → German: Truppe ⇒ Spanish: tropel→ Portuguese: tropel → Polish: trupa → Romanian: trupă → Russian: труппа (truppa) → Spanish: tropa → Swedish: trupp === Further reading === “troupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === poutre, poutré == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French troupe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrup/ Rhymes: -up === Noun === troupe f (invariable) troupe, company (theatrical) === References === === Anagrams === putore, reputo, reputò == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French troupe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾup/ [ˈt̪ɾup] Rhymes: -up IPA(key): /ˈtɾoupe/ [ˈt̪ɾou̯.pe] Rhymes: -oupe === Noun === troupe f (plural troupes) troupe ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “troupe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025