Meanings
troupe1
plural troupes
- A company of, often touring, acrobats, actors, singers or dancers.
Army choirs and troupes perform at some of North Korea's biggest state events.
2020 April 24, Oscar Holland, “How North Korea’s ideology is built on song and dance”, in CNN1 more example
Meanwhile, the bills on the main stages skewed towards mainstream pop, with mixed results. Lorde’s Friday evening Other stage appearance was one of the weekend’s highlights. The staging and choreography were fantastic – a giant glass tank on a hydraulic platform, in and around which a troupe of dancers acted out the highs and lows of a teenage party
2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in The Guardian
present singular third person troupes · participle present trouping · participle past trouped · past trouped
- intransitiveTo tour with a troupe.
Troupe2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounorganization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian трупа
- трупа (trupa)company of actors, etc.
Chinese Mandarin 團 /团
- 團 /团 (tuán)company of actors, etc.
Finnish ryhmä, ryhmä
- ryhmäcompany of actors, etc.
- ryhmäany group of people
French troupe
- troupecompany of actors, etc.
German Truppe, Truppe
- Truppecompany of actors, etc.
- Truppeany group of people
Hungarian színtársulat, trupp
- színtársulatcompany of actors, etc.
- truppcompany of actors, etc.
- csoportany group of people
Irish compántas
- compántascompany of actors, etc.
Japanese 団
- 団 (dan)company of actors, etc.
Māori whare karioi, tira kaitapere
- whare karioicompany of actors, etc.
- tira kaitaperecompany of actors, etc.
- tira kanikanicompany of actors, etc.
Portuguese trupe
- trupecompany of actors, etc.
Russian тру́ппа, гру́ппа
- тру́ппа (trúppa)company of actors, etc.
- гру́ппа (grúppa)any group of people
- тру́ппа (trúppa)any group of people
Spanish bojiganga, troupe
- bojigangacompany of actors, etc.
- troupecompany of actors, etc.
- troupeany group of people
Swedish trupp, trupp
- truppcompany of actors, etc.
- truppany group of people
Yiddish טרופּע
- טרופּע (trupe)company of actors, etc.
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Cite this entry
troupe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troupe
“troupe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troupe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “troupe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troupe.
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