English Explanatory Dictionary

ensemble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
  2. A coordinated set of clothing: a set of garments selected to accompany one another.
  3. A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
  4. A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
  5. A probability distribution for the state of the system.
  6. A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.
verb
  1. To put together in a coordinated whole.
  2. To perform in a musical ensemble.
  3. To employ a supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Pronunciation

/ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/ /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/ /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/ /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/ en-us-ensemble.ogg

Word forms

ensemble ensembles ensembling ensembled

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Synonyms

outfit suit costume getup

Derived words

canonical ensemble chamber ensemble ensemble average ensemblist hyperensemble nonensemble string ensemble subensemble superensemble tout ensemble

Translations

Azerbaijani: ansambl Bulgarian: анса́мбъл Chinese Mandarin: 全體 /全体 Dutch: ensemble Esperanto: ensemblo Finnish: kokonaisuus French: ensemble German: Ensemble Italian: insieme Japanese: セット Portuguese: sistema Romanian: ansamblu Russian: анса́мбль Serbo-Croatian: анса̀мбл Serbo-Croatian: ansàmbl
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