"comparse" meaning in French

See comparse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.paʁs/ Forms: comparses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian comparsa. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|it:comparsa}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "comparsa", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "comparse", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="comparse">, {{bor+|fr|it|comparsa}} Borrowed from Italian comparsa Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} comparse m or f by sense (plural comparses)
  1. (theater) extra Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-comparse-fr-noun-yN7nj4x7 Categories (other): Theater, French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Acting Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 54 29 17 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 61 19 19 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 56 26 18 Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 34 36 30 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Acting: 49 19 32 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  2. (by extension) accomplice Tags: broadly, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-comparse-fr-noun-YoUHae~V Categories (other): French masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 34 36 30 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 34 33 33
  3. (colloquial) sidekick Tags: by-personal-gender, colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-comparse-fr-noun-7RkJd4H1 Categories (other): French masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 34 36 30 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 34 33 33

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "French",
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  "pos": "noun",
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