cortege

See also: cortège

English

Alternative forms

• cortège

Etymology

Borrowed from French cortège.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔɹˈtɛʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.tɛʒ/

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Noun

cortege (plural corteges)

1. A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
   • 1660 February 3 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 24th, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:

     Upon the morrow after their marriage, the bride and bridegroom perambulate the streets, followed by a numerous cortege, the guests at the wedding festival, two and two

Synonyms

• entourage
• gang
• group
• followership
• posse
• retinue

Translations

a ceremonial procession

• Arabic: مَوْكِب (ar) m (mawkib)
• Bulgarian: кортеж (bg) m (kortež)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遊行隊伍／游行队伍 (yóuxíng duìwǔ)

• Czech: průvod (cs) m
• Finnish: kulkue (fi)
• French: cortège (fr) m
• Macedonian: по́ворка f (póvorka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kortesje m

  Nynorsk: kortesje m

• Russian: корте́ж (ru) m (kortɛ́ž)
• Swedish: kortege (sv), tåg (sv)

See also

• sycophant
• lackey
• groupie
• cohors amicorum