# ensemble
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/
* (UK, Anglicised) IPA: /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/
* (US, Anglicised) IPA: /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

ensemble (plural ensembles)
* A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
* (fashion) A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
* (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
    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.
* (Can we add an example for this sense?) (music) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
* (mathematics, physics) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
* (machine learning) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

#### Derived terms

* canonical ensemble
* chamber ensemble
* ensemble average
* ensemblist
* hyperensemble
* nonensemble
* string ensemble
* subensemble
* superensemble
* tout ensemble

#### Translations
### Verb

ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)
* 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.
* (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.

### Further reading

* ensemble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑnˈsɑm.blə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: en‧sem‧ble

### Noun

ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)
* ensemble
* ensemble (group of musicians)
* (theater) troupe

#### Derived terms

* ensemblemuziek
* theaterensemble

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: ansambêl

## Finnish
### Etymology

< French ensemble

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑnsɑːbl/, [ˈɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝ːbl]
* IPA: /ˈɑ̃ˈsɑ̃ːbl/, [ˈɑ̝̃ˈs̠ɑ̝̃ːbl]
* Rhymes: -ɑnsɑːbl

### Noun

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

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ensemble (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ensembleni
ensembleni
accusative
nom.
ensembleni
ensembleni
gen.
ensembleni
genitive
ensembleni
ensemblejeni ensembleini $^{rare}$
partitive
ensembleäni
ensemblejäni
inessive
ensemblessäni
ensembleissäni
elative
ensemblestäni
ensembleistäni
illative
ensembleeni
ensembleihini
adessive
ensemblelläni
ensembleilläni
ablative
ensembleltäni
ensembleiltäni
allative
ensemblelleni
ensembleilleni
essive
ensemblenäni
ensembleinäni
translative
ensemblekseni
ensembleikseni
abessive
ensemblettäni
ensembleittäni
instructive
comitative
—ensembleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ensemblesi
ensemblesi
accusative
nom.
ensemblesi
ensemblesi
gen.
ensemblesi
genitive
ensemblesi
ensemblejesi ensembleisi $^{rare}$
partitive
ensembleäsi
ensemblejäsi
inessive
ensemblessäsi
ensembleissäsi
elative
ensemblestäsi
ensembleistäsi
illative
ensembleesi
ensembleihisi
adessive
ensemblelläsi
ensembleilläsi
ablative
ensembleltäsi
ensembleiltäsi
allative
ensemblellesi
ensembleillesi
essive
ensemblenäsi
ensembleinäsi
translative
ensembleksesi
ensembleiksesi
abessive
ensemblettäsi
ensembleittäsi
instructive
comitative
—ensembleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ensemblemme
ensemblemme
accusative
nom.
ensemblemme
ensemblemme
gen.
ensemblemme
genitive
ensemblemme
ensemblejemme ensembleimme $^{rare}$
partitive
ensembleämme
ensemblejämme
inessive
ensemblessämme
ensembleissämme
elative
ensemblestämme
ensembleistämme
illative
ensembleemme
ensembleihimme
adessive
ensemblellämme
ensembleillämme
ablative
ensembleltämme
ensembleiltämme
allative
ensemblellemme
ensembleillemme
essive
ensemblenämme
ensembleinämme
translative
ensembleksemme
ensembleiksemme
abessive
ensemblettämme
ensembleittämme
instructive
comitative
—ensembleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ensemblenne
ensemblenne
accusative
nom.
ensemblenne
ensemblenne
gen.
ensemblenne
genitive
ensemblenne
ensemblejenne ensembleinne $^{rare}$
partitive
ensembleänne
ensemblejänne
inessive
ensemblessänne
ensembleissänne
elative
ensemblestänne
ensembleistänne
illative
ensembleenne
ensembleihinne
adessive
ensemblellänne
ensembleillänne
ablative
ensembleltänne
ensembleiltänne
allative
ensemblellenne
ensembleillenne
essive
ensemblenänne
ensembleinänne
translative
ensembleksenne
ensembleiksenne
abessive
ensemblettänne
ensembleittänne
instructive
comitative
—ensembleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ensemblensä
ensemblensä
accusative
nom.
ensemblensä
ensemblensä
gen.
ensemblensä
genitive
ensemblensä
ensemblejensä ensembleinsä $^{rare}$
partitive
ensembleään ensembleänsä
ensemblejään ensemblejänsä
inessive
ensemblessään ensemblessänsä
ensembleissään ensembleissänsä
elative
ensemblestään ensemblestänsä
ensembleistään ensembleistänsä
illative
ensembleensä
ensembleihinsä
adessive
ensemblellään ensemblellänsä
ensembleillään ensembleillänsä
ablative
ensembleltään ensembleltänsä
ensembleiltään ensembleiltänsä
allative
ensemblelleen ensemblellensä
ensembleilleen ensembleillensä
essive
ensemblenään ensemblenänsä
ensembleinään ensembleinänsä
translative
ensemblekseen ensembleksensä
ensembleikseen ensembleiksensä
abessive
ensemblettään ensemblettänsä
ensembleittään ensembleittänsä
instructive
comitative
—ensembleineen ensembleinensä :

## French
### Etymology

From Latin īnsimul, a variant of simul See also Italian insieme, Catalan ensems.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl/
* Audio:(file)
* (Louisiana) IPA: [ɔ̃sɔ̃m]

### Adverb

ensemble
* together
    Synonym: en commun
    Antonyms: séparément, tout seul
** 2018, Zaz, Nos vies:Pour sûr que l’on est bien ensemble.We sure are good together.

### Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)
* A coming together of elements forming a whole, a unified or interrelated group; ensemble, set, grouping, aggregate, collection, body
    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.
* an outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
* (mathematics) a set
* (music) an ensemble

#### Usage notes

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).

#### Derived terms

* avoir élevé les cochons ensemble
* avoir gardé les cochons ensemble
* dans l’ensemble
* dans son ensemble
* ensemble vide
* ensembliste
* faire chaudière ensemble
* vue d’ensemble

#### Descendants

* → Danish: ensemble
* → Dutch: ensemble
* → English: ensemble
* → German: Ensemble
* → Norwegian: ensemble
* → Portuguese: ensemble
* → Serbo-Croatian: ansambl
* → Spanish: ensemble
* → Swedish: ensemble

### References

* ↑ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
* ↑ Banque de dépannage linguistique

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

### Noun

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

### References

* “ensemble” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

### Noun

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

### References

* “ensemble” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* ansamble
* ensamble

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin in simul.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /en.ˈsem.blə/, (later) /an.ˈsam.blə/

### Adverb

ensemble
* together

#### Descendants

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble, from Latin īnsimul.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anˈsambl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ambl
* Syllabification: en‧semble

### Noun

ensemble m inan
* (music, theater) Alternative spelling of ansambl

#### Derived terms

* ensemblowy

#### Related terms

* ansamblowy

### Further reading

* ensemble in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ensemble in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

### Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)
* ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)
    Synonym: conjunto
* ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)
    Synonym: conjunto
* (music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)
    Synonym: conjunto

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

### Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)
* ensemble

### Further reading

* “ensemble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

### Noun

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

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | ensemble | ensembles |
| singular | definite | ensemblen | ensemblens |
| plural | indefinite | ensembler | ensemblers |
| plural | definite | ensemblerna | ensemblernas |

### References

* ensemble in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ensemble in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ensemble in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)