ensemble

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/

• Audio (US)

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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

• canonical ensemble
• chamber ensemble
• ensemblist
• string ensemble
• subensemble
• tout ensemble

 

Translations

a group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole

Azerbaijani: ansambl Bulgarian: анса́мбъл (bg) m (ansámbǎl) Chinese: Mandarin: 全體／全体 (zh) (quántǐ) (entirety) Dutch: ensemble (nl) n Esperanto: ensemblo n Finnish: kokonaisuus (fi) French: ensemble (fr) m German: Ensemble (de) n Italian: insieme (it) Japanese: セット (ja) (setto) Portuguese: sistema (pt) m Romanian: ansamblu (ro) n Russian: анса́мбль (ru) m (ansámblʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: анса̀мбл m Roman: ansàmbl (sh) m

a coordinated costume or outfit; a suit

Bulgarian: анса́мбъл (bg) m (ansámbǎl) Chinese: Mandarin: 服装 (zh) Dutch: ensemble (nl) n Finnish: asukokonaisuus German: Ensemble (de) n Portuguese: ensemble (pt) m Russian: анса́мбль (ru) m (ansámblʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: ansàmbl (sh) m Spanish: conjunto (es) n Swedish: ensemble (sv) c

a group of musicians, dancers etc who perform together; the chorus of a ballet company

Arabic: فِرْقَة‎ f (firqa), جَوْق‎ m (jawq) Armenian: համույթ (hy) (hamuytʿ) Azerbaijani: ansambl Belarusian: анса́мбль m (ansámblʹ) Bulgarian: анса́мбъл (bg) m (ansámbǎl) Chinese: Mandarin: 合奏 (zh) (hézòu), 樂隊／乐队 (zh) (yuèduì), 集體／集体 (zh) (jítǐ) (group, team) Czech: ansámbl (cs) Dutch: ensemble (nl) n Finnish: yhtye (fi), ensemble (fi) French: ensemble (fr) m German: Ensemble (de) n Greenlandic: nipilersortut Hungarian: együttes (hu) Japanese: 合奏 (ja) (がっそう, gassō), アンサンブル (ansanburu), バンド (bando) Korean: 앙상블 (ko) (angsangbeul) Macedonian: анса́мбл m (ansámbl) Maori: tira, tira puoro (of musicians), rōpū kanikani (of dancers) Norman: ensemble m (Jersey) Polish: ansambl (pl) m, ensemble (pl) m Portuguese: ensemble (pt) m, conjunto (pt) m Russian: анса́мбль (ru) m (ansámblʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: анса̀мбл m Roman: ansàmbl (sh) m Slovene: ansambel m Swedish: ensemble (sv) c Ukrainian: анса́мбль (uk) m (ansámblʹ)

a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists

Azerbaijani: ansambl Chinese: Mandarin: 合唱曲 (zh) (héchàngqǔ) Finnish: ensemble (fi) German: Ensemble (de) n Indonesian: ensambel (id) Malay: ensembel Portuguese: ensemble (pt) m Russian: анса́мбль (ru) m (ansámblʹ), хор (ru) m (xor), (многоголо́сый вока́льный) но́мер (ru) m (nómer) (for several vocalists) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: анса̀мбл m Roman: ansàmbl (sh) m Swedish: ensemble (sv) c

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

• ensemble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.blə/

• Audio

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• 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

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl/

• audio

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• (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.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   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.

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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

• avoir élevé les cochons ensemble
• avoir gardé les cochons ensemble
• dans l'ensemble
• dans son ensemble
• ensemble vide
• ensembliste
• faire chaudière ensemble
• vue d'ensemble

 

Descendants

• → Danish: ensemble
• → Dutch: ensemble
• → English: ensemble
• → German: Ensemble
• → Norwegian: ensemble
• → Portuguese: ensemble
• → Spanish: ensemble
• → Swedish: ensemble

References

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

Further reading

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

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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

• “ensemble” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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

• “ensemble” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• ansamble
• ensamble

Etymology

Inherited from Latin in simul.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ensemble

1. together

Descendants

• French: ensemble
  • → Dutch: ensemble
  • → English: ensemble
  • → German: Ensemble
  • → Norwegian: ensemble
  • → Portuguese: ensemble
  • → Spanish: ensemble
  • → Swedish: ensemble
• Norman: ensemblle (Guernsey), ensembl'ye (Jersey)
• → Galician: ensembra (archaic)

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble, from Latin īnsimul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈsambl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ansambl
• Syllabification: en‧semble

Noun

ensemble m inan

1. (music, theater) Alternative spelling of ansambl.

Derived terms

adjective

• ensemblowy

 

Related terms

adjective

• ansamblowy

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)
2. ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)

   Synonym: conjunto

3. (music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. ensemble

Further reading

• “ensemble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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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

• ensemble in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)