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cortege

 
Dictionary: cor·tege  cor·tège (kôr-tĕzh') pronunciation
also n.
  1. A train of attendants, as of a distinguished person; a retinue.
    1. A ceremonial procession.
    2. A funeral procession.

[French cortège, from Old Italian corteggio, from corteggiare, to pay honor, from corte, court, from Latin cohors, cohort-, throng.]


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IN BRIEF: A funeral procession. Also: a group of attendants.

pronunciation A cortege followed the royal couple wherever they went.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a funeral procession

Meaning #2: the group following and attending to some important person
  Synonyms: retinue, suite, entourage


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kortege, ligtog, følge

Nederlands (Dutch)
(lijk)stoet, gevolg

Français (French)
n. - cortège

Deutsch (German)
n. - Prozession, Gefolge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνοδεία (επίσημου προσώπου), τιμητική ή νεκρική πομπή

Italiano (Italian)
corteo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cortejo (m)

Русский (Russian)
кортеж, процессия

Español (Spanish)
n. - cortejo, séquito, comitiva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kortege, följe

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
行列, 随从, 扈从

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 行列, 隨從, 扈從

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수행원, 행렬

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 供奉員, 随員, 行列, 葬列

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موكب تشييع جنازة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לוויה, פמליה‬


 
 
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