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en suite

/ɒ̃ ˈswiːt/US/ɑn ˈswit/

en suite adverb: so as to form a cohesively themed or matching set. Also the alternative form of ensuite.

Adverb

en suite (not comparable)

  1. So as to form a cohesively themed or matching set.
    • The burgonet was decorated en suite, the sides of the bowl embossed with acanthus scrolls flanking a central palmette and with swagged ribbons at the peak and nape, the hinged cheekpieces embossed in the center with a leafy mask with foliate diadem[…]1998, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Filippo Negroli, José-A. Godoy, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries, Metropolitan...
    • The grips of these hilts […] were of solid metal which was decorated en suite with the rest of the hilt.2012, Ewart Oakeshott, European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 249
  2. In a series of rooms which connect to each other, forming a series or set (later especially with reference to the position of a bathroom).
    • The three little rooms en suite, with low, smoky ceilings and lit by paraffin lamps, were crammed with people.1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 300
    • This architectural type, a small, furnished and ornate feminine aristocratic space dedicated to bathing and dressing, located en suite with bedroom and salon or dining room, and used by the lady of the house to withdraw or to receive private guests for intimate conversation (or more), is the...2016 November 10, Teresa Stoppani, Giorgio Ponzo, George Themistokleous, This Thing Called Theory, Routledge, →ISBN

Adjective

en suite (not comparable)

  1. Comprising a set of connected rooms; (now specifically) pertaining to a bathroom with an adjoining bedroom, or a bedroom with an adjoining bathroom, such that they form part of the same set of connected rooms.
  2. Forming part of a cohesively themed or matching set or series.
    • The Dress Cap and Under-Sleeves are en suite.1858 March, G. Brodie, “Fashions for March”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XVI, number XCIV, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 576, column 2

Also used as

en suite is also the alternative form of ensuite.

Forms of en suite

pluralen suites

Origin of en suite

From French en suite.

Questions about en suite

What does en suite mean?
En suite means so as to form a cohesively themed or matching set.
What part of speech is en suite?
En suite can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce en suite?
En suite is pronounced /ɒ̃ ˈswiːt/ (UK).

Words near en suite in the dictionary

  1. en rule
  2. en secondes noces
  3. En Sof
  4. en space
  5. en spaces
  6. en suite
  7. en suites
  8. en travesti
  9. en ventre sa mere
  10. en vessie
  11. en vogue

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