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cor·tege
also cor·tège (kôr-tĕzh′)n.
1. A train of attendants, as of a distinguished person; a retinue.
2.
a. A ceremonial procession.
b. A funeral procession.
[French cortège, from Old Italian corteggio, from corteggiare, to pay honor, from corte, court, from Latin cohors, cohort-, throng; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]
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cortege
(kɔːˈteɪʒ) orcortège
n
1. a formal procession, esp a funeral procession
2. a train of attendants; retinue
[C17: from French, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare to attend, from corte court]
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cor•tege
or cor•tège
(kɔrˈtɛʒ, -ˈteɪʒ)n.
1. a procession, esp. a ceremonial one: a funeral cortege.
2. a line or train of attendants; retinue.
[1670–80; < French < Italian corteggio courtly retinue, derivative of corteggiare to court, itself derivative of corte court]
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Cortège
a procession; a train of attendants; later, a funeral procession.Examples: cortège of labourers and harvest waggons, 1828; of mourners; the Imperial cortège, 1864.
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Noun 1. [画像:cortege - a funeral procession]cortege - a funeral procession
procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"
2. [画像:cortege - the group following and attending to some important person]cortege - the group following and attending to some important person
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person
royal court, court - the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
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cortege
noun procession, train, entourage, cavalcade, retinue, suite The funeral cortege wound its way through the city.
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Translations
مَوْكِب جَنائِزي
průvod
følgekortegeligtog
díszkíséret
cortège
[kɔːˈteɪʒ] N (= procession) → cortejo m, comitiva f; (= retinue) → séquito m; (= funeral cortège) → cortejo m fúnebreCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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cortège
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cortège
(koːˈteʒ) noun a procession, especially at a funeral. مَوْكِب جَنائِزي procissão die Prozession følge; kortege; ligtog πομπή, συνοδεία cortejo, comitiva matuserongkäik saatto cortège iring-iringan fylgdarlið; líkfylgd corteo 行列 (장례식 등의) 행렬 kortežas kortežs; procesija stoet kortesje, høytidelig opptog kondukt, orszak ډله خلك (لكه په جنازه پسى چه روان وى procissão cortegiu кортеж (pogrebni) sprevod kortege, tåg ขบวนแห่ศพ alay, kortej 送葬行列 送葬行列
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