suite
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noun
Etymology: French, from Old French siute, suite — more at suit
Date: 1673
1. retinue; especially the personal staff accompanying a ruler, diplomat, or dignitary on official business
2. a group of things forming a unit or constituting a collection ; set: as
a. a group of rooms occupied as a unit
b.
(1) a 17th and 18th century instrumental musical form consisting of a series of dances in the same or related keys
(2) a modern instrumental composition in several movements of different character
(3) a long orchestral concert arrangement in suite form of material drawn from a longer work (as a ballet)
c. a collection of minerals or rocks having some characteristic in common (as type or origin)
d. a set of matched furniture
e. a set of computer programs designed to work together and usually sold as a single unit
New Collegiate Dictionary.
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suite — [ sɥit ] n. f. • XIIIe; siute « poursuite en justice » 1080; a. p. p. de suivre; lat. pop. sequitus I ♦ A ♦ Action de poursuivre. 1 ♦ Dr. Droit de suite : droit qui permet au créancier hypothécaire de suivre l immeuble hypothéqué dans les mains… … Encyclopédie Universelle
suite — Suite. s. f. Collectif. Ceux qui suivent, ceux qui vont aprés. On le laissa passer, & on ferma la porte à toute sa suite. Suite, signifie aussi, Ceux qui accompagnent quelqu un par honneur, qui sont autour de luy, devant ou aprés luy pour luy… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
suite — [swiːt] noun [countable] 1. a set of rooms, especially expensive ones in a hotel or an office building: • a hotel suite • The firm has a suite of offices on the second floor. 2. COMPUTING a group of related computer programs that work together … Financial and business terms
Suite... — Suite... Album par Baptiste Trotignon Sortie 2010 Genre Jazz Label naive Albums de Baptiste Trotignon … Wikipédia en Français
suite — Suite, Assectatio, Consecutio, Continuitas, Imitatio. Suite et accompagnement, Comitatus. La suite et officiers qui estoyent avec un magistrat en la province, Comites iudicum. La suite et consequence, Consequentia. Suite et entretenement des… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Suite — Suite, n. [F. See {Suit}, n.] 1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See {Suit}, n., 5. [1913 Webster] 2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suite — [ swit ] noun count ** 1. ) a set of rooms: a seven room penthouse suite the hotel s honeymoon suite a second floor suite of offices => EN SUITE 2. ) a set of matching pieces of furniture 3. ) COMPUTING a set of computer programs: a suite of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Suite — Suite … Википедия
suite — [swi:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(rooms)¦ 2¦(furniture)¦ 3¦(computers)¦ 4¦(music)¦ 5¦(politics)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Old French siute; SUIT1] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
suite — sustantivo femenino 1. Conjunto de varias habitaciones de un hotel lujoso comunicadas entre sí: El famoso cantante vivirá en una suite de un céntrico hotel. suite nupcial Suite para recién casados. 2. Área: música Conjunto de fragmentos de una… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
Suite — Sf Zimmerflucht, Komposition aus nur lose gefügten Sätzen per. Wortschatz fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. suite, eigentlich Folge , dieses aus vor rom. * sequita, zu l. sequī folgen . Ebenso nndl. suite, ne. suite, nschw. svit,… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
