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cortège
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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.

[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.]

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 (= procession) → cortejo m, comitiva f; (= retinue) → séquito m; (= funeral cortège) → cortejo m fúnebre

cortège
n (= retinue)Gefolge nt; (= procession)Prozession f; (= funeral cortège)Leichenzug m

cortège [kɔːˈteɪʒ] ncorteo

cortège
n cortège [koːˈteʒ]
a procession, especially at a funeral. مَوْكِب جَنائِزي følge; kortege; ligtog die Prozession πομπή, συνοδεία cortejo, comitiva matuserongkäik saattue cortège iring-iringan fylgdarlið; líkfylgd corteo 行列 (장례식 등의) 행렬 kortežas kortežs; procesija (rouw)stoet kortesje, høytidelig opptog kondukt, orszak procissão cortegiu (похоронный) кортеж (pogrebni) sprevod kortege, tåg alay, kortej 送葬行列


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