entourage

See also: Entourage

English

WOTD – 18 October 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/, /ˈɑ̃ː.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tə.ɹɑʒ/

• Audio (Australian):

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Noun

entourage (plural entourages)

1. A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

   Synonym: suite

   large entourage

   royal entourage

   celebrity entourage

   The actor arrived with an entourage of assistants and bodyguards.

2. (topology) A binary relation in a uniform space which generalises the notion of two points being no farther apart than a given fixed distance; a uniform neighbourhood.
3. (architecture) Decorations, such as people, vehicles, or trees, appearing on an architectural sketch or rendering to make the site look more lively.

Derived terms

• entourage effect
• mantourage

Translations

retinue of attendants, associates or followers — see also retinue

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: حَاشِيَة f (ḥāšiya)
• Armenian: շքախումբ (hy) (škʻaxumb)
• Bajau:

  West Coast Bajau: please add this translation if you can

• Bulgarian: сви́та (bg) f (svíta)
• Catalan: seguici (ca) m
• Czech: svita (cs) f
• Danish: følge n, ledsagere c pl
• Dutch: gevolg (nl) n
• Esperanto: akompanantaro
• Faroese: fylgdarlið n
• Finnish: seurue (fi)
• French: entourage (fr) m
• Galician: séquito (gl) m
• German: Gefolge (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: παραδρομή f (paradromḗ)

• Hungarian: kíséret (hu)
• Irish: comhluadar m, cuideachta (ga) f, lucht coimhdeachta m, timpeallacht f
• Macedonian: сви́та f (svíta), при́дружба f (prídružba)
• Māori: apataki, hikuroa, hikuhiku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følge (no) n

• Polish: orszak (pl) m, świta (pl) f, asysta (pl) f, asystencja f (archaic)
• Portuguese: entourage (pt)
• Russian: сви́та (ru) f (svíta) (suite), окруже́ние (ru) n (okružénije), антура́ж (ru) m (anturáž)
• Spanish: séquito (es) m, estol m, comitiva (es) f
• Swedish: följe (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: anturaj
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tùy tùng (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: gosgordd m, canlynwyr (cy) pl, rhwter m
• Wolof: please add this translation if you can
• Yámana: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
• Yucatec Maya: please add this translation if you can
• Yup'ik: please add this translation if you can
• Zazaki: kıstanra embazanra
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

topology: binary relation

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tuˈraː.ʒə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: en‧tou‧ra‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

entourage f (plural entourages, no diminutive)

1. entourage (retinue of associates or attendants)
2. decoration surrounding something

French

Etymology

From entourer +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tu.ʁaʒ/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

entourage m (plural entourages)

1. ornament, decoration surrounding something

   Entourage de fleurs, de perles.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. group of acquaintances

   Cet homme a un mauvais entourage.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• → Dutch: entourage
• → English: entourage
• → Italian: entourage
• → Polish: entourage
• → Portuguese: entourage
• → Russian: антураж (anturaž)
  • → Georgian: ანტურაჟი (anṭuraži)

Further reading

• “entourage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French entourage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.tuˈraʒ/
• Rhymes: -aʒ

Noun

entourage m (invariable)

1. entourage, retinue

Further reading

• entourage in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French entourage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.tuˈraʂ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʂ
• Syllabification: en‧tou‧rage

Noun

entourage m inan

1. (literary) ambiance, environment, surroundings

   Synonyms: otoczenie, środowisko

Declension

Declension of entourage

	singular	plural
nominative	entourage	entourage'e
genitive	entourage'u	entourage'ów
dative	entourage'owi	entourage'om
accusative	entourage	entourage'e
instrumental	entourage'em	entourage'ami
locative	entourage'u	entourage'ach
vocative	entourage'u	entourage'e

Further reading

• “entourage”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “entourage”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French entourage.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒi/ [ẽ.to(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.ʒi], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒi/ [ĩ.to(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒi/ [ẽ.to(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.ʒi], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒi/ [ĩ.to(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒe/ [ẽ.to(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.ʒe], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒe/ [ĩ.to(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.ʒe]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.to(w)ˈɾa.ʒɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.towˈɾa.ʒɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.toˈɾa.ʒɨ/

• Hyphenation: en‧tou‧ra‧ge

Noun

entourage m or f (plural entourages)

1. entourage (retinue of attendants, associates or followers)
2. clique (one’s social group of friends)

Further reading

• “entourage”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “entourage”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026