cortège

cor·tege also cor·tège  (kôr-tzh)

n.

1. A train of attendants, as of a distinguished person; a retinue.

2.

a. A ceremonial procession.

b. A funeral procession.

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[French cortège, from Old Italian corteggio, from corteggiare, to pay honor, from corte, court, from Latin cohors, cohort-, throng; see gher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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Cortège a procession; a train of attendants; later, a funeral procession.

Examples: cortège of labourers and harvest waggons, 1828; of mourners; the Imperial cortège, 1864.

Translations

cortège [kɔːˈteɪʒ] n → cortejo, comitiva

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cortège [kɔːˈteɪʒ] n → cortège m (gén funèbre)

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cortège [kɔːˈteɪʒ] n (also: funeral cortège) → Leichenzug m

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cortège [kɔːˈteɪʒ] n → corteo