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troupe¹

  • /tɹuːp/

Sounds like troop · Rhymes with -uːp

Where it comes from

Attested 1825; Unadapted borrowing from French troupe, which see for more. Doublet of troop, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.

noun troupes

  1. A company of, often touring, acrobats, actors, singers or dancers. Meanwhile, the bills on the main stages skewed towards mainstream pop, with mixed results. Lorde’s Friday evening Other stage appearance was one of the weekend’s highlights. The staging and choreography were fantastic – a giant glass tank on a hydraulic platform, in and around which a troupe of danc
  2. Any group of people working together on a shared activity.

verb troupes · trouping · trouped

  1. intransitive To tour with a troupe.

Troupe²

proper noun Troupes

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: company, repertory, theater, theatre, drama, opera, orchestra, dance, dancing, performance, ensemble, bunch, group, brigade, command, mission

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noun company of actors, etc.

Españolbojiganga, troupe
日本語団 dan
中文團 /团 tuán
Portuguêstrupe
Françaistroupe
DeutschTruppe
Русскийтру́ппа trúppa

noun any group of people

Españoltroupe
DeutschTruppe
Русскийгру́ппа grúppa, тру́ппа trúppa

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@misc{troupe_2026,
  title = {troupe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/troupe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}