groupe

See also: groupé

English

Noun

groupe (plural groupes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of group
    • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book. IX. [The popular Festival, and Music.]] Chap[ter] III.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 18:
      He approached several groupes of gentlemen who seemed, by their voice and gesture, to be discoursing upon some important subject; […]

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French

Etymology

From Italian gruppo, itself derived from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“lump, round mass, body, crop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to crumple, bend, crawl”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁup/
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Noun

groupe m (plural groupes)

  1. group

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: group (see there for further descendants)
  • → German: Gruppe (see there for further descendants)
  • → Irish: grúpa
  • → Romanian: grup
  • → Swedish: grupp
  • → Turkish: grup
  • → Yiddish: גרופּע (grupe)

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