cortege
/kɔɹˈtɛʒ//ˈkɔɹ.tɛʒ/
cortege noun: a ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
Noun
cortege (plural corteges)
- A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
- Upon the morrow after their marriage, the bride and bridegroom perambulate the streets, followed by a numerous cortege, the guests at the wedding festival, two and two1660 February 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 24th, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
cortege meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
cortege in Tamil
- இழவு ஊர்வலம், பிண ஊர்வலம்
cortege in Urdu
- جلوس
cortege in Bengali
- শোভাযাত্রা, মিছিল
cortege in Malayalam
- cavalcade, procession, parade
- വിലാപയാത്ര, ചരമവിലാപയാത്ര, ശവഘോഷയാത്ര, ഘോഷയാത്ര, ജാഥ, ശവസംസ്കാരയാത്ര
- retinue, entourage, train
- പരിവാരം, പരീവാരം, പരിബർഹം, പരിബർഹണം, പരിജനം, പരിവാപം
More languagesFewer languages
- cortege in Kannada
- ಮೆರವಣಿಗೆ, ತೊತ್ತಿಗರ ತಂಡ
- cortege in Punjabi
- ਜਲੂਸ jalūs
- cortege in Arabic
- مَوْكِب mawkib
Synonyms of cortege
Forms of cortege
| plural | corteges |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cortège |
Origin of cortege
Borrowed from French cortège.
Questions about cortege
- What does cortege mean?
- Cortege means a ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
- What is cortege in Tamil?
- Cortege in Tamil is இழவு ஊர்வலம், பிண ஊர்வலம். See Cortege meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cortege?
- Cortege is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cortege?
- Cortege is pronounced /kɔɹˈtɛʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cortege?
- The plural of cortege is corteges.
Words near cortege in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cortege (page history and authors); cortege (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cortege (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cortege (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cortege (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cortege (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਲੂਸ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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