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masculine
/ɡʁup/
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Translation
group
Word origin
Borrowed from Italian gruppo ('knot, cluster'), itself from a Germanic root meaning 'a rounded mass or lump' (related to 'crop'). English 'group' was borrowed through French.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Root
- gruppo
- English cognates
- group, crop
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralgroupes
Examples
.
We form a group of ten people for this trip.
tous .
His music group plays in this bar every Friday.
' ' soudé.
She is part of a very close group of friends.
' .
A small group of friends was waiting outside the cinema.
batterie rock.
She plays drums in a rock band.
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