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Webster 1913 Edition


Suite

Suite

,
Noun.
[F. See
Suit
,
Noun.
]
1.
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage;
as, the
suite
of an ambassador
. See
Suit
,
Noun.
, 5.
2.
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set;
as, a
suite
of rooms; a
suite
of minerals
. See
Suit
,
Noun.
, 6.
Mr. Barnard took one of the candles that stood upon the king’s table, and lighted his majesty through a
suite
of rooms till they came to a private door into the library.
Boswell.
3.
(Mus.)
One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.

Definition 2024


Suite

Suite

See also: suite and suíte

German

Noun

Suite f (genitive Suite, plural Suiten)

  1. suite (piece of music)
  2. suite (hotel apartment consisting of several rooms)
  3. suite (line of rooms interconnected by doors)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (line of rooms): Zimmerflucht

suite

suite

See also: Suite and suíte

English

Noun

suite (plural suites)

  1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador.
  2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
      Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
      The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, [].
  3. A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
    The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.
  4. (music) 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.
  5. (music) 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.
  6. (computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.

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French

Etymology

From Old French sieute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from Latin sequor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɥit/

Noun

suite f (plural suites)

  1. result
  2. sequel
  3. next step, next steps, that which follows, remainder, rest
  4. (poker) straight
  5. (mathematics) sequence
  6. suite (group of connected rooms)

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Irish

Alternative forms

  • suidhte (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsˠɪtʲə]

Verb

suite

  1. past participle of suigh

Adjective

suite

  1. fixed, secured
  2. mounted
  3. fast
  4. located

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
suite shuite
after an, tsuite
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Verb

suite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of suō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French suite

Noun

suite m (definite singular suiten, indefinite plural suiter, definite plural suitene)

  1. a suite (set of rooms)
  2. a suite (music)
  3. a suite (group of people in attendance)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French suite

Noun

suite m (definite singular suiten, indefinite plural suitar, definite plural suitane)

  1. a suite (set of rooms)
  2. a suite (music)
  3. a suite (group of people in attendance)

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Old French

Alternative forms

  • seuite
  • seut
  • seute
  • seutte
  • sieulte
  • sieute

Etymology

Latin secūta.

Noun

suite f (oblique plural suites, nominative singular suite, nominative plural suites)

  1. pursuit (act of pursuing)

Descendants

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English suite.

Noun

suite f (plural suites)

  1. suite (rooms, hotel)