noun · verb · 24 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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gro͞op
Received-Pronunciation:/ɡɹuːp/
General-American:/ɡɹup/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/ɡɹʉp/
rhymes with -uːp
CMU ARPABET:G R UW1 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
there is a group of houses behind the hill; he left town to join a Communist group
A group of people is/are gathering in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences
Examples
2007, Zhong-Qi Ma, Group Theory for Physicists, World Scientific, page 277, In Chap. 4 the fundamental concepts on Lie groups have been introduced through the SO(3) group and its covering group SU(2).
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An effective divisor on a curve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Did you see the new jazz group?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: team, team up, embed, gang, gang up, pool, brigade
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbh-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group From French groupe (“cluster, group”), from Italian gruppo, groppo (“a knot, heap, group, bag (of money)”). In the "group theory" sense, calqued from French groupe, a term coined by the young French mathematician Évariste Galois in 1830. Cognate with German Kropf (“crop, craw, bunch”); Old English cropp, croppa (“cluster, bunch, sprout, flower, berry, ear of corn, crop”) (whence English crop); Dutch krop (“craw”), Icelandic kroppr (“hump, bunch”). Doublet of crop and croup.
Across languages
Translations
323 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
groep
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Albanian:
grup
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
مَجْمُوعَة
(majmūʕa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
جَمَاعَة
(jamāʕa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
نَفَر
(nafar)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
طَائِفَة
(ṭāʔifa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
قروب
(grūp)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
مجموعة
(majmūʕa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
مجموعة
(majmūʕa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
جَمَاعَة
(jamāʕa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Arabic:
قروب
(gurūb, grūb)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Armenian:
խումբ
(xumb)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Asturian:
grupu
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Azerbaijani:
qrup
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Azerbaijani:
dəstə
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Bashkir:
төркөм
(törköm)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Basque:
talde
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Belarusian:
гру́па
(hrúpa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Bengali:
গ্রুপ
(grup)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Bhojpuri:
समूह
(samūh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Bulgarian:
гру́па
(grúpa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Burmese:
အစု
(a.cu.)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Catalan:
grup
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Chichewa:
gulu
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Chinese Mandarin:
集團 /集团
(jítuán)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Chinese Mandarin:
群
(qún)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Chinese Mandarin:
組 /组
(zǔ)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Czech:
skupina
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Danish:
gruppe
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Dutch:
groep
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Dutch:
verzameling
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Esperanto:
grupo
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Estonian:
rühm
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Estonian:
grupp
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Faroese:
bólkur
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Faroese:
flokkur
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Finnish:
joukko
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Finnish:
ryhmä
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
French:
groupe
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
West-Frisian:
kloft
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Galician:
grupo
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Galician:
fatado
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Galician:
fato
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Galician:
feixe
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Georgian:
ჯგუფი
(ǯgupi)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
German:
Gruppe
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Greek:
ομάδα
(omáda)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Haitian Creole:
gwoup
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Hausa:
ƙungiya
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Hebrew:
קְבוּצָה
(k'vutzá)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Hindi:
समूह
(samūh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Hindi:
दल
(dal)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Hindi:
गुट
(guṭ)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Hungarian:
csoport
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Icelandic:
hópur
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Indonesian:
kelompok
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Indonesian:
grup
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Ingrian:
joukko
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Ingrian:
parvi
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Ingrian:
partti
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Ingrian:
gruppa
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Irish:
dream
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Italian:
gruppo
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Italian:
formazione
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Japanese:
集団
(shūdan)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Japanese:
グループ
(gurūpu)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Japanese:
組
(kumi)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Japanese:
群
(gun)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Japanese:
群れ
(mure)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Kazakh:
топ
(top)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Kazakh:
қауым
(qauym)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Khmer:
ក្រុម
(krom)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Korean:
그룹
(geurup)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Korean:
그루빠
(geuruppa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Korean:
집단
(jipdan)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Korean:
군
(gun)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Central Kurdish:
کۆمەڵ
(komell)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Northern Kurdish:
kom
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Kyrgyz:
группа
(gruppa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Kyrgyz:
топ
(top)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Lao:
ກຸ່ມ
(kum)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Latin:
circulus
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Latin:
grex
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Latin:
globus
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Latin:
turma
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Latin:
grupus
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Latvian:
grupa
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Lithuanian:
grupė
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Macedonian:
група
(grupa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Malay:
kumpulan
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Marathi:
गट
(gaṭ)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Marathi:
समूह
(samūh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Mongolian:
бүлэг
(büleg)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Mongolian:
ᠪᠦᠯᠦᠭ
(bülüg)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Nepali:
समूह
(samūha)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Norman:
dgaîngue
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Norwegian Bokmål:
gruppe
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gruppe
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Occitan:
grop
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Old English:
hēap
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Pashto:
ډله
(ḍála)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Pashto:
گروه
(groh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Dari:
گُرُوه
(gurūh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Dari:
مَجْمُوعَه
(majmū'a)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Iranian Persian:
گُروه
(goruh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Iranian Persian:
مَجْموعِه
(majmu'e)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Plautdietsch:
Grupp
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Polish:
grupa
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Polish:
kupa
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Portuguese:
grupo
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Romanian:
grup
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Russian:
гру́ппа
(grúppa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Russian:
коллекти́в
(kollektív)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Scottish Gaelic:
cuideachd
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Serbo-Croatian:
гру̏па
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Serbo-Croatian:
ску̏пина
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Serbo-Croatian:
grȕpa
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Serbo-Croatian:
skȕpina
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Sicilian:
gruppu
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Slovak:
skupina
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Slovene:
skupína
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Spanish:
grupo
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Spanish:
hatajo
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Swahili:
kundi
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Swedish:
grupp
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Tajik:
гурӯҳ
(gurüh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Tatar:
төркем
(törkem)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Telugu:
సమూహం
(samūhaṁ)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Telugu:
గుంపు
(gumpu)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Thai:
กลุ่ม
(glùm)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Tocharian B:
kraupe
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Tumbuka:
gulu
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Turkish:
grup
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Turkish:
küme
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Ottoman Turkish:
قالابالق
(kalabalık)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Ottoman Turkish:
كومه
(küme)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Turkmen:
gruppa
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Turkmen:
top
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Ukrainian:
гру́па
(hrúpa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Urdu:
گِروہْ
(giroh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Urdu:
گُرُوپ
(gurūp)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Urdu:
گْرُوپ
(grūp)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Urdu:
سَمُوہ
(samūh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Uyghur:
گۇرۇپپا
(guruppa)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Uyghur:
گۇرۇھ
(guruh)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Uzbek:
gruppa
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Uzbek:
guruh
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Uzbek:
toʻp
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Uzbek:
toʻda
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Vietnamese:
nhóm
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Welsh:
twr
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Yiddish:
גרופּע
(grupe)
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Zazaki:
gome
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Zazaki:
guruh
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Zhuang:
cizdonz
— number of things or persons being in some relation to each other
Afrikaans:
groep
— in group theory
Armenian:
խումբ
(xumb)
— in group theory
Basque:
talde
— in group theory
Bulgarian:
гру́па
(grúpa)
— in group theory
Catalan:
grup
— in group theory
Chinese Mandarin:
群
(qún)
— in group theory
Czech:
grupa
— in group theory
Danish:
gruppe
— in group theory
Dutch:
groep
— in group theory
Esperanto:
grupo
— in group theory
Estonian:
rühm
— in group theory
Finnish:
ryhmä
— in group theory
French:
groupe
— in group theory
German:
Gruppe
— in group theory
Greek:
ομάδα
(omáda)
— in group theory
Hebrew:
חֲבוּרָה
(ḥavurá)
— in group theory
Hungarian:
csoport
— in group theory
Icelandic:
grúpa
— in group theory
Indonesian:
grup
— in group theory
Italian:
gruppo
— in group theory
Japanese:
群
(gun)
— in group theory
Khmer:
ក្រុម
(krom)
— in group theory
Portuguese:
grupo
— in group theory
Romanian:
grup
— in group theory
Russian:
гру́ппа
(grúppa)
— in group theory
Serbo-Croatian:
гру̏па
— in group theory
Serbo-Croatian:
grȕpa
— in group theory
Spanish:
grupo
— in group theory
Swahili:
kundi
— in group theory
Swedish:
grupp
— in group theory
Ukrainian:
гру́па
(hrúpa)
— in group theory
Afrikaans:
groep
— people who perform music together
Armenian:
խումբ
(xumb)
— people who perform music together
Bashkir:
төркөм
(törköm)
— people who perform music together
Basque:
talde
— people who perform music together
Bulgarian:
гру́па
(grúpa)
— people who perform music together
Czech:
skupina
— people who perform music together
Czech:
kapela
— people who perform music together
Finnish:
yhtye
— people who perform music together
German:
Gruppe
— people who perform music together
German:
Musikgruppe
— people who perform music together
Greek:
συγκρότημα
(sygkrótima)
— people who perform music together
Hebrew:
לַהֲקָה
(lahaká)
— people who perform music together
Hungarian:
együttes
— people who perform music together
Hungarian:
zenekar
— people who perform music together
Indonesian:
grup
— people who perform music together
Khmer:
ក្រុម
(krom)
— people who perform music together
Korean:
그룹
(geurup)
— people who perform music together
Macedonian:
група
(grupa)
— people who perform music together
Persian:
گروه
(goruh)
— people who perform music together
Portuguese:
grupo
— people who perform music together
Romanian:
grup
— people who perform music together
Russian:
гру́ппа
(grúppa)
— people who perform music together
Serbo-Croatian:
гру̏па
— people who perform music together
Serbo-Croatian:
grȕpa
— people who perform music together
Spanish:
grupo
— people who perform music together
Swahili:
kundi
— people who perform music together
Swedish:
grupp
— people who perform music together
Finnish:
ryhmä
— small number of galaxies
Indonesian:
gugus
— small number of galaxies
Russian:
гру́ппа
(grúppa)
— small number of galaxies
Swahili:
kundi
— small number of galaxies
Swedish:
hop
— small number of galaxies
Afrikaans:
groep
— column in the periodic table
Armenian:
խումբ
(xumb)
— column in the periodic table
Bulgarian:
гру́па
(grúpa)
— column in the periodic table
Catalan:
grup
— column in the periodic table
Dutch:
groep
— column in the periodic table
Esperanto:
grupo
— column in the periodic table
Finnish:
ryhmä
— column in the periodic table
German:
Gruppe
— column in the periodic table
Hungarian:
csoport
— column in the periodic table
Italian:
gruppo
— column in the periodic table
Portuguese:
grupo
— column in the periodic table
Romanian:
grupă
— column in the periodic table
Russian:
гру́ппа
(grúppa)
— column in the periodic table
Serbo-Croatian:
гру̏па
— column in the periodic table
Serbo-Croatian:
grȕpa
— column in the periodic table
Spanish:
grupo
— column in the periodic table
Swahili:
kundi
— column in the periodic table
Swedish:
grupp
— column in the periodic table
Afrikaans:
groep
— subset of a culture or of a society
Chinese Mandarin:
組 /组
(zǔ)
— subset of a culture or of a society
Finnish:
ryhmä
— subset of a culture or of a society
German:
Gruppe
— subset of a culture or of a society
Hindi:
वर्ण
(varṇ)
— subset of a culture or of a society
Hindi:
समुदाय
(samudāy)
— subset of a culture or of a society
Indonesian:
kelompok
— subset of a culture or of a society
Portuguese:
tribo
— subset of a culture or of a society
Russian:
гру́ппа
(grúppa)
— subset of a culture or of a society
Scottish Gaelic:
cuideachd
— subset of a culture or of a society
Serbo-Croatian:
гру̏па
— subset of a culture or of a society
Serbo-Croatian:
grȕpa
— subset of a culture or of a society
Swahili:
makundi
— subset of a culture or of a society
Afrikaans:
groep
— air force formation
Chinese Mandarin:
大隊 /大队
(dàduì)
— air force formation
Finnish:
ryhmä
— air force formation
German:
Geschwader
— air force formation
Hebrew:
לַהַק
(láhak)
— air force formation
Italian:
formazione di volo
— air force formation
Russian:
авиапо́лк
(aviapólk)
— air force formation
Swahili:
makundi
— air force formation
Italian:
formazione rocciosa
— collection of formations or rock strata
Swahili:
kundi
— collection of formations or rock strata
Swahili:
makundi
— collection of formations or rock strata
Czech:
skupina
— in Unix
Finnish:
ryhmä
— in Unix
German:
Benutzergruppe
— in Unix
Serbo-Croatian:
гру̏па
— in Unix
Serbo-Croatian:
grȕpa
— in Unix
Swahili:
makundi
— in Unix
Swedish:
grupp
— in Unix
Afrikaans:
groep
— a set of teams playing against each other in a division, while at the same not playing against other sets of teams of the same division.
Bulgarian:
гру́па
(grúpa)
— a set of teams playing against each other in a division, while at the same not playing against other sets of teams of the same division.
Finnish:
lohko
— a set of teams playing against each other in a division, while at the same not playing against other sets of teams of the same division.
German:
Gruppe
— a set of teams playing against each other in a division, while at the same not playing against other sets of teams of the same division.
Marathi:
गट
(gaṭ)
— a set of teams playing against each other in a division, while at the same not playing against other sets of teams of the same division.
Swedish:
grupp
— a set of teams playing against each other in a division, while at the same not playing against other sets of teams of the same division.
Belarusian:
групава́ць
(hrupavácʹ)
— put together to form a group
Belarusian:
згрупава́ць
(zhrupavácʹ)
— put together to form a group
Bulgarian:
групи́рам
(grupíram)
— put together to form a group
Czech:
seskupit
— put together to form a group
Dutch:
groeperen
— put together to form a group
Esperanto:
grupigi
— put together to form a group
Estonian:
rühmitama
— put together to form a group
Estonian:
grupeerima
— put together to form a group
Faroese:
bólka
— put together to form a group
Faroese:
flokka
— put together to form a group
Finnish:
ryhmitellä
— put together to form a group
Finnish:
luokitella
— put together to form a group
Finnish:
ryhmittää
— put together to form a group
French:
grouper
— put together to form a group
German:
gruppieren
— put together to form a group
Greek:
ομαδοποιώ
(omadopoió)
— put together to form a group
Italian:
raggruppare
— put together to form a group
Latin:
glomero
— put together to form a group
Latin:
circulor
— put together to form a group
Macedonian:
групира
(grupira)
— put together to form a group
Māori:
whakahuihui
— put together to form a group
Occitan:
amassar
— put together to form a group
Persian:
گروهیدن
— put together to form a group
Polish:
grupować
— put together to form a group
Portuguese:
agrupar
— put together to form a group
Romanian:
grupa
— put together to form a group
Russian:
группирова́ть
(gruppirovátʹ)
— put together to form a group
Russian:
сгруппирова́ть
(sgruppirovátʹ)
— put together to form a group
Spanish:
agrupar
— put together to form a group
Swahili:
kundi
— put together to form a group
Swedish:
gruppera
— put together to form a group
Turkish:
gruplandırmak
— put together to form a group
Ukrainian:
групува́ти
(hrupuváty)
— put together to form a group
Ukrainian:
згрупо́вувати
(zhrupóvuvaty)
— put together to form a group
Ukrainian:
згрупува́ти
(zhrupuváty)
— put together to form a group
Belarusian:
групава́цца
(hrupavácca)
— come together to form a group
Belarusian:
згрупава́цца
(zhrupavácca)
— come together to form a group
Bulgarian:
групи́рам се
(grupíram se)
— come together to form a group
Esperanto:
grupiĝi
— come together to form a group
Esperanto:
ariĝi
— come together to form a group
Finnish:
ryhmittyä
— come together to form a group
Persian:
گروهادن
— come together to form a group
Polish:
grupować się
— come together to form a group
Russian:
группирова́ться
(gruppirovátʹsja)
— come together to form a group
Russian:
сгруппирова́ться
(sgruppirovátʹsja)
— come together to form a group
Turkish:
gruplanmak
— come together to form a group
Turkish:
gruplaşmak
— come together to form a group
Ukrainian:
групува́тися
(hrupuvátysja)
— come together to form a group
Ukrainian:
згрупо́вуватися
(zhrupóvuvatysja)
— come together to form a group
Ukrainian:
згрупува́тися
(zhrupuvátysja)
— come together to form a group