ensemble

Borrowed from French ensemble.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/
• (UK, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/
• (US, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/

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ensemble (plural ensembles)

1. A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
   2. (fashion) A coordinated set of clothing: a set of garments selected to accompany one another.

      Synonym: outfit

      Near-synonyms: suit, costume, getup

   4. (collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
      • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift[1]

        On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.

2. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (music) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
4. (mathematics, physics) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
6. (machine learning) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)

1. To put together in a coordinated whole.
   • 1908, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report - Volume 62‎^[2], page 969:

     Landscape gardening or landscape architecture is the art that seeks the production of the most beautiful landscape effects, ensembling the various objects of interest into a grand whole and harmonious unit.

2. (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.
3. (machine learning) To employ a supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

• ensemble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from French ensemble.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.blə/

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• Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble

ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)

1. ensemble
2. ensemble (group of musicians)
3. (theater) troupe

• ensemblemuziek
• theaterensemble

• → Indonesian: ansambêl

Borrowed from French ensemble.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnsɑː(m)bl/, [ˈɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝ː(m)bl]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̃ˈsɑ̃ːbl/, [ˈɑ̝̃ˈs̠ɑ̝̃ːbl]
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑː(m)bl

ensemble

1. ensemble (group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together)

From Old French ensemble, from Latin īnsimul, a variant of simul^[1] See also Italian insieme, Catalan ensems.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ɔ̃sɔ̃m]

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ensemble

1. together

   Synonym: en commun

   Antonyms: séparément, tout seul

   avoir élevé les cochons ensemble, avoir gardé les cochons ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   faire chaudière ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2018, Zaz, Nos vies:

     Pour sûr que l'on est bien ensemble.

     We sure are good together.

• Haitian Creole: ansanm

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. set, grouping, aggregate, collection, body (a coming together of elements forming a whole, a unified or interrelated group)

   dans l'ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   dans son ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   vue d'ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   La jurisprudence désigne l'ensemble des décisions de justice relatives à une question juridique donnée.

   Jurisprudence refers to all court decisions relating to a given legal issue.

   La langue d'oïl est considérée, selon la vision traditionnelle de la linguistique romane, comme une seule et même langue, qui correspond principalement à un ensemble de dialectes d'oïl répartis historiquement autour de Paris.

   The langue d'oïl is considered, according to the traditional vision of Romance linguistics, as one and the same language, which corresponds primarily to a collection of "oïl" dialects historically distributed around Paris.

2. outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
3. (mathematics) set

   la théorie des ensembles ― set theory

   l'ensemble vide ― the the empty set

4. (music) ensemble

When the subject of the verb is the collective noun ensemble followed by a predicate complement, the verb usually agrees with ensemble. In this case, the focus lies on the collective whole referred to by ensemble.

Though less common, it is not considered incorrect for the verb to agree with the grammatically plural predicate complement. In this case, the focus shifts to the individual elements of the collective whole. Plural agreement is more common with the indefinite article un modifying ensemble (i.e. un ensemble).^[2]

• grand ensemble
• ensembliste

• → Danish: ensemble
• → Dutch: ensemble
• → English: ensemble
• → German: Ensemble
• → Hebrew: אנסמבל
• → Norwegian: ensemble
• → Portuguese: ensemble
• → Serbo-Croatian: ansambl
• → Slovak: ansámbel, ansámbl, ensemble
• → Spanish: ensemble
• → Swedish: ensemble
• → Turkish: ansambl

• “ensemble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensembler, definite plural ensembla or ensemblene)

1. an ensemble

• “ensemble” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensemble, definite plural ensembla)

1. an ensemble

• “ensemble” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ansamble
• ensamble

Inherited from Latin in simul.

• IPA^(key): /en.ˈsem.blə/, (later) /an.ˈsam.blə/

ensemble

1. together

• French: ensemble
  • → Dutch: ensemble
  • → English: ensemble
  • → German: Ensemble
  • → Norwegian: ensemble
  • → Portuguese: ensemble
  • → Spanish: ensemble
  • → Swedish: ensemble
• Norman: ensemblle (Guernsey), ensembl'ye (Jersey)
• Walloon: eshonne
• → Galician: ensembra (archaic)
• → Sicilian: nzèmmula

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble, from Latin īnsimul.

• IPA^(key): /anˈsambl/

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• Rhymes: -ambl
• Syllabification: en‧semble

ensemble m inan

1. (music, theater) alternative spelling of ansambl

• “ensemble”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ensemble”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)

   Synonym: conjunto

2. ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)

   Synonym: conjunto

3. (music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)

   Synonym: conjunto

• “ensemble”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ensemble”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French ensemble.

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. ensemble

• “ensemble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from French ensemble.

ensemble c

1. ensemble; a group of musicians, dancers etc who perform together; the chorus of a ballet company
2. (music) ensemble; a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists
3. ensemble; a coordinated costume or outfit; a suite

• “ensemble”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ensemble”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ensemble”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)