Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#ENSEMBLECategory:English terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/Category:English 3-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:English 3-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE
• (UK, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE
• (US, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE

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Noun

ensemble (plural ensembles)Category:English lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:English nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:English countable nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

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

      Synonym: outfit

      Near-synonyms: suitCategory:English links with manual fragments#ENSEMBLE, costumeCategory:English links with manual fragments#ENSEMBLE, getupCategory:English links with manual fragments#ENSEMBLE

   4. (collectiveCategory:English collective nouns#ENSEMBLE) 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

        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?)Category:Requests for example sentences in English#ENSEMBLE (musicCategory:en:Music#ENSEMBLE) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
4. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#ENSEMBLE, physicsCategory:en:Physics#ENSEMBLE) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
6. (machine learningCategory:en:Machine learning#ENSEMBLE) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Verb

ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)Category:English lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:English verbs#ENSEMBLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

1. To put together in a coordinated whole.
   • 1908, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report - Volume 62‎, 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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ENSEMBLE

2. (musicCategory:en:Music#ENSEMBLE) To perform in a musical ensemble.
3. (machine learningCategory:en:Machine learning#ENSEMBLE) To employ a supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Further reading

• ensemble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Dutch terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑnˈsɑm.blə/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE

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• Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble

Noun

ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Dutch nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#ENSEMBLECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Dutch neuter nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

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

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Finnish terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnsɑː(m)bl/, [ˈɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝ː(m)bl]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̃ˈsɑ̃ːbl/, [ˈɑ̝̃ˈs̠ɑ̝̃ːbl]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑː(m)blCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnsɑː(m)bl#ENSEMBLECategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnsɑː(m)bl/2 syllables#ENSEMBLECategory:fi-pronunciation missing automatic hyphenation#ENSEMBLE

Noun

ensembleCategory:Finnish lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Finnish nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

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

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:French terms derived from Old French#ENSEMBLE ensemble, from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#ENSEMBLE īnsimul, a variant of simul^[1] See also Italian insieme, Catalan ensems.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl/Category:French 2-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ɔ̃sɔ̃m]Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE

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Adverb

ensembleCategory:French lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:French adverbs#ENSEMBLECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#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)Category:Requests for translations of French usage examples#ENSEMBLECategory:French terms with collocations#ENSEMBLE

   faire chaudière ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)Category:Requests for translations of French usage examples#ENSEMBLECategory:French terms with collocations#ENSEMBLE

   • 2018, Zaz, Nos vies:

     Pour sûr que l'on est bien ensemble.

     We sure are good together.

     Category:French terms with quotations#ENSEMBLE

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Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)Category:French lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:French nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:French countable nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:French masculine nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

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)Category:Requests for translations of French usage examples#ENSEMBLECategory:French terms with collocations#ENSEMBLE

   dans son ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)Category:Requests for translations of French usage examples#ENSEMBLECategory:French terms with collocations#ENSEMBLE

   vue d'ensemble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)Category:Requests for translations of French usage examples#ENSEMBLECategory:French terms with collocations#ENSEMBLE

   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.

   Category:French terms with usage examples#ENSEMBLE

   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.

   Category:French terms with usage examples#ENSEMBLE

2. outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
3. (mathematicsCategory:fr:Mathematics#ENSEMBLE) set

   la théorie des ensembles ― set theoryCategory:French terms with collocations#ENSEMBLE

   l'ensemble vide ― the the empty setCategory:French terms with collocations#ENSEMBLE

4. (musicCategory:fr:Music#ENSEMBLE) ensemble

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble, from Late LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Late Latin#ENSEMBLE insimul.

Noun

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensembler, definite plural ensembla or ensemblene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

1. an ensemble

References

• “ensemble” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble, from Late LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Late Latin#ENSEMBLE insimul.

Noun

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensemble, definite plural ensembla)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

1. an ensemble

References

• “ensemble” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• ansamble
• ensamble

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#ENSEMBLECategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#ENSEMBLE in simul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en.ˈsem.blə/, (later) /an.ˈsam.blə/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE

Adverb

ensembleCategory:Old French lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Old French adverbs#ENSEMBLECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

1. together

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Polish terms borrowed from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Polish unadapted borrowings from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Polish terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble, from LatinCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#ENSEMBLE īnsimul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈsambl/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#ENSEMBLECategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSEMBLE

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• Rhymes: -amblCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ambl#ENSEMBLECategory:Rhymes:Polish/ambl/2 syllables#ENSEMBLE
• Syllabification: en‧semble

Noun

ensemble m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Polish nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Polish masculine nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Polish inanimate nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

1. (musicCategory:pl:Music#ENSEMBLE, theaterCategory:pl:Theater#ENSEMBLE) alternative spelling of ansambl

Further reading

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Portuguese terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Portuguese nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Portuguese countable nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

1. ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)

   Synonym: conjunto

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

   Synonym: conjunto

3. (musicCategory:pt:Music#ENSEMBLE) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)

   Synonym: conjunto

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Spanish terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)Category:Spanish lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Spanish nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Spanish countable nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

1. ensemble

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#ENSEMBLECategory:Swedish terms derived from French#ENSEMBLE ensemble.

Noun

ensemble cCategory:Swedish lemmas#ENSEMBLECategory:Swedish nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ENSEMBLECategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with entries#ENSEMBLECategory:Pages with 11 entries#ENSEMBLE

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

References

• “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)