noun
Meaning 1
A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
suite
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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swēt
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/swiːt/
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rhymes with -iːt
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homophone: sweet
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syo͞ot spelling pronunciation
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South-Asia: /sjuːʈ/
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homophone: suit
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rhymes with -uːt
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noun
Meaning 2
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a suite of rooms
- a suite of minerals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 5
An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 6
A group of related computer programs distributed together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rooms
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apartment, flat
noun
Meaning 8
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
Narrower terms: partita
noun
Meaning 9
a matching set of furniture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: set
Narrower terms: bedroom suite, bedroom set, diningroom suite, diningroom set, livingroom suite, livingroom set
noun
Meaning 10
the group following and attending to some important person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cortege, retinue, entourage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gathering, assemblage
Narrower terms: court, royal court
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: shpurë — retinue or company of attendants
- Arabic: حَشَم (ḥašam) — retinue or company of attendants
- Armenian: շքախումբ (škʻaxumb) — retinue or company of attendants
- Bulgarian: сви́та (svíta) — retinue or company of attendants
- Catalan: seguici — retinue or company of attendants
- Finnish: seurue — retinue or company of attendants
- French: suite — retinue or company of attendants
- Georgian: ამალა (amala) — retinue or company of attendants
- Hungarian: kíséret — retinue or company of attendants
- Irish: cóisir — retinue or company of attendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: suite — retinue or company of attendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: suite — retinue or company of attendants
- Polish: świta — retinue or company of attendants
- Polish: orszak — retinue or company of attendants
- Russian: сви́та (svíta) — retinue or company of attendants
- Spanish: séquito — retinue or company of attendants
- Bulgarian: набор (nabor) — connected series or succession of objects
- Bulgarian: компле́кт (komplékt) — connected series or succession of objects
- Dutch: reeks — connected series or succession of objects
- Finnish: sarja — connected series or succession of objects
- French: suite — connected series or succession of objects
- Georgian: ნაკრები (naḳrebi) — connected series or succession of objects
- Greek: σουίτα (souíta) — connected series or succession of objects
- Polish: komplet — connected series or succession of objects
- Portuguese: conjunto — connected series or succession of objects
- Portuguese: leque — connected series or succession of objects
- Portuguese: grupo — connected series or succession of objects
- Russian: набо́р (nabór) — connected series or succession of objects
- Russian: компле́кт (komplékt) — connected series or succession of objects
- Russian: гарниту́р (garnitúr) — connected series or succession of objects
- Swedish: svit — connected series or succession of objects
- Catalan: suite — group of connected rooms
- Chinese Mandarin: 套房 (tàofáng) — group of connected rooms
- Czech: apartmá — group of connected rooms
- Dutch: suite — group of connected rooms
- Esperanto: ĉambraro — group of connected rooms
- Finnish: sviitti — group of connected rooms
- French: suite — group of connected rooms
- German: Suite — group of connected rooms
- Greek: σουίτα (souíta) — group of connected rooms
- Hungarian: lakosztály — group of connected rooms
- Japanese: スイート — group of connected rooms
- Norwegian Bokmål: suite — group of connected rooms
- Norwegian Nynorsk: suite — group of connected rooms
- Persian: سوئیت (su'it) — group of connected rooms
- Portuguese: suíte — group of connected rooms
- Russian: анфила́да (anfiláda) — group of connected rooms
- Spanish: suite — group of connected rooms
- Swedish: svit — group of connected rooms
- Bulgarian: сюи́та (sjuíta) — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Catalan: suite — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Chinese Mandarin: 組曲 /组曲 (zǔqū) — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Finnish: sarja — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Finnish: sarjateos — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- French: suite — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- German: Suite — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Greek: σουίτα (souíta) — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Hungarian: szvit — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Japanese: 組曲 (kumikyoku) — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Norwegian Bokmål: suite — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Norwegian Nynorsk: suite — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Polish: suita — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Portuguese: suíte — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Romanian: suită — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Russian: сюи́та (sjuíta) — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Spanish: suite — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Swedish: svit — musical form pre-dating the sonata
- Catalan: suite — selection of music from a larger work
- Dutch: suite — selection of music from a larger work
- Finnish: sarja — selection of music from a larger work
- French: suite — selection of music from a larger work
- German: Suite — selection of music from a larger work
- Greek: σουίτα (souíta) — selection of music from a larger work
- Norwegian Bokmål: suite — selection of music from a larger work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: suite — selection of music from a larger work
- Russian: сюи́та (sjuíta) — selection of music from a larger work
- Spanish: suite — selection of music from a larger work
- Ukrainian: сюї́та (sjujíta) — selection of music from a larger work
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