different between entourage vs retenue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French entourage, from entourer (“to surround”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.t?.????/, /????.t?.????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.t?.???/

Noun

entourage (plural entourages)

1. A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.
2. (topology) A binary relation in a uniform space which generalises the notion of two points being no farther apart than a given fixed distance; a uniform neighbourhood.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French entourage, from entourer (“to surround”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.tu?ra?.??/
• Hyphenation: en?tou?ra?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

entourage f (plural entourages)

1. entourage (retinue of associates or attendants)
2. decoration surrounding something

French

Etymology

From entourer +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.tu.?a?/

Noun

entourage m (plural entourages)

1. ornament, decoration surrounding something

   Entourage de fleurs, de perles.

2. group of acquaintances

   Cet homme a un mauvais entourage.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: entourage
• ? English: entourage
• ? Italian: entourage
• ? Portuguese: entourage

References

“entourage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French entourage.

Noun

entourage m (invariable)

1. entourage, retinue

Further reading

• entourage in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From French entourage.

Noun

entourage m (plural entourages)

1. entourage (retinue of attendants, associates or followers)
2. clique (one’s social group of friends)

Further reading

• “entourage” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

retenue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of retenir

Noun

retenue f (plural retenues)

1. restraint
2. deduction
3. reservoir
4. (school) detention

Further reading

• “retenue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• éternue, éternué

Middle English

Alternative forms

• retenu, retinue, retynu, retenew, reteneu

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman retenue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??t?niu?(?)/, /?r?tiniu?(?)/

Noun

retenue (plural retenues)

1. A small group or company of hirelings or people, following a notable person; a retinue.
2. The state of being employed, especially in such a small group.

Descendants

• English: retinue

References

• “reten?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.