"retinue" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɛt.ɪ.njuː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹɛtɪn(j)uː/ [US], /ɹɪˈtɪnjuː/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-retinue.ogg [US], en-us-retinue-2.ogg [US] Forms: retinues [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (“retain”). Doublet of ritenuto. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|retenue}} Middle English retenue, {{der|en|fro|retenue}} Old French retenue, {{m|fro|retenir||retain}} retenir (“retain”), {{doublet|en|ritenuto}} Doublet of ritenuto Head templates: {{en-noun}} retinue (plural retinues)
  1. A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important. Synonyms: entourage, retain [obsolete, rare] Translations (group of servants): παραδρομή (paradromḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), շքախումբ (škʻaxumb) (Armenian), свита (svita) [feminine] (Bulgarian), seguici [masculine] (Catalan), 随从 (Chinese Mandarin), 随员 (suíyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), gevolg [neuter] (Dutch), hofhouding [feminine] (Dutch), hofstoet [masculine] (Dutch), akompanantaro (Esperanto), seurue (Finnish), retenue [feminine] (French), suite [feminine] (French), cóisir [feminine] (Irish), seguito [masculine] (Italian), comitātus [masculine] (Latin), apataki (Maori), hikuroa (Maori), hikuhiku (Maori), लवाजमा (lavājmā) (Marathi), retenue (Middle English), hird (Middle English), meyne (Middle English), niuer [masculine] (Middle Welsh), yniuer [masculine] (Middle Welsh), świta [feminine] (Polish), asysta [feminine] (Polish), asystencja [archaic, feminine] (Polish), séquito [masculine] (Portuguese), сви́та (svíta) [feminine] (Russian), पटल (paṭala) [neuter] (Sanskrit), svita (Serbo-Croatian), servidumbre [feminine] (Spanish), följe [neuter] (Swedish), uppvaktning [common-gender] (Swedish), పరివారము (parivāramu) (Telugu), по́чет (póčet) [masculine] (Ukrainian), сви́та (svýta) [feminine, rare] (Ukrainian), nifer [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-retinue-en-noun-mXPy8DPH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 44 8 Disambiguation of 'group of servants': 66 32 2
  2. A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus. Translations (comitatus): кортеж (kortež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), seguici [masculine] (Catalan), seurue (Finnish), retenue [feminine] (French), séquito [masculine] (Galician), acompañamento [masculine] (Galician), Gefolge [masculine] (German), comitātus [masculine] (Latin), cohors [feminine] (Latin), apataki (Maori), hikuroa (Maori), hikuhiku (Maori), retenue (Middle English), douthe (Middle English), hird (Middle English), niuer [masculine] (Middle Welsh), yniuer [masculine] (Middle Welsh), дроужина (družina) [feminine] (Old Church Slavonic), дружина (družina) [feminine] (Old East Slavic), дружи́на (družína) [feminine] (Russian), séquito [masculine] (Spanish), дружи́на (družýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), nifer [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-retinue-en-noun-pm78a-kY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 44 8 Disambiguation of 'comitatus': 1 98 1
  3. (obsolete) A service relationship. Tags: obsolete Translations (service relationship): palvelussuhde (Finnish), retenue (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-retinue-en-noun-TPdBd8dg Disambiguation of 'service relationship': 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hangers-on

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} retinue
  1. Alternative form of retenue Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: retenue
    Sense id: en-retinue-enm-noun-94G4WqCT Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1992, J. A. V. Haney and Eric Dahl, “On Igor’s Campaign” (translation of Слово о плъку Игоревѣ)",
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      "sense": "group of servants",
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      "sense": "group of servants",
      "word": "seurue"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "group of servants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "retenue"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "group of servants",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "mi",
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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "group of servants",
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      "code": "mr",
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      "code": "enm",
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "group of servants",
      "word": "meyne"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of servants",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "group of servants",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of servants",
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      "code": "sa",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "group of servants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "servidumbre"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "group of servants",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "parivāramu",
      "sense": "group of servants",
      "word": "పరివారము"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "wlm",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kortež",
      "sense": "comitatus",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "word": "seguici"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "seurue"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "comitatus",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "séquito"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "comitatus",
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      "word": "acompañamento"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "comitatus",
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      "word": "Gefolge"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "comitatus",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "comitatus",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "comitatus",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "comitatus",
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      "word": "дружина"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "comitatus",
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "comitatus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "дружи́на"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "palvelussuhde"
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