entourage

See also Entourage

English

WOTD – 18 October 2009    

Etymology

Borrowing from French entourage, from entourer (“to surround”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/, /ˈɑ̃ː.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/, X-SAMPA: /"Qn.tU.rA:Z/, /"A~.tU.rA:Z/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑn.tə.ɹɑʒ/, X-SAMPA: /"An.t@.rAZ/

Noun

entourage (plural entourages)

1. A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

Translations

retinue of attendants, associates or followers

• Armenian: շքախումբ (hy) (šk’axumb)
• Dutch: gevolg (nl) n
• Finnish: seurue (fi)
• French: entourage (fr) m
• German: Gefolge (de) n
• Hungarian: kíséret (hu)

• Russian: свита (ru) (svíta) f (suite), окружение (ru) (okružénije) n, антураж (ru) (anturáž) m
• Spanish: séquito (es)
• Swedish: följe (sv)
• Turkish: yalaklar (tr), yalakalar (tr)

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French

Etymology

From entourer +‎ -age

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑ̃.tu.ʁaʒ/

Noun

entourage m (plural entourages)

1. ornament, decoration surrounding something

   Entourage de fleurs, de perles.

2. group of acquaintances

   Cet homme a un mauvais entourage.

References

• "entourage" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

entourage m inv

1. entourage, retinue