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- 1. a solemn procession, especially for a funeral: "a funeral cortège" Similar
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CORTEGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of cortege in English. cortege. noun [ C ] uk / kɔːˈteʒ / us / kɔːrˈteʒ / Add to word list. a slowly moving line of people or cars at a funeral. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Funerals. burial society. catafalque. closed-casket. funeral director. funeral home. funerary.
1. : a train of attendants : retinue. 2. : procession. especially : a funeral procession. Synonyms. entourage. following. posse. retinue. suite. tail. train. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of cortege in a Sentence.
cortège. noun. /kɔːˈteʒ/, /kɔːˈteɪʒ/ /kɔːrˈteʒ/ (also cortege especially in US English) a line of cars or people moving along slowly at a funeral (= ceremony for a dead person) synonym funeral procession. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
noun. a procession, especially a ceremonial one: a funeral cortege. a line or train of attendants; retinue. cortege. / kɔːˈteɪʒ / noun. a formal procession, esp a funeral procession. a train of attendants; retinue.
CORTEGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of cortege in English. cortege. noun [ C ] us / kɔːrˈteʒ / uk / kɔːˈteʒ / Add to word list. a slowly moving line of people or cars at a funeral. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Funerals. burial society. catafalque. closed-casket. funeral director. funeral home.
Cortege definition: a procession, especially a ceremonial one. See examples of CORTEGE used in a sentence.
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 .]
IPA guide. Other forms: corteges. A group of people following solemnly behind, whether they're a celebrity's handlers or a funeral procession, is a cortege. A movie star may have a cortege of hair stylists, assistants, and agents—you can also call this an entourage or a retinue.
A cortege is a procession of people who are walking or riding in cars to a funeral. The public will pay their respects as the funeral cortege passes. Synonyms: procession, train, entourage, cavalcade More Synonyms of cortege. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
Cortege definition: a procession, especially a ceremonial one. See examples of CORTEGE used in a sentence.
