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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɡʁup/
"Un groupe de touristes visite le musée."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.
"A group of students gathered outside the library for the exam."
- 1
To place people or things together in a group or category.
"The teacher decided to group the students by their language proficiency levels."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the 17th-century Italian word 'gruppo' (meaning a cluster or knot), borrowed via French 'groupe' in the context of art to describe several figures in a painting or sculpture. Over time, the term broadened to general collections of people or things, shifting from artistic composition to social and structural organization.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Group" is said worldwide
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groupe
Transliteration: /ɡʁup/
"Un groupe de touristes visite le musée."
Gruppe
Transliteration: /ˈɡʁʊpə/
"Eine Gruppe von Studenten arbeitet an dem Projekt."
gruppo
Transliteration: /ˈɡɾuppo/
"Un gruppo di amici è andato al cinema."
grupo
Transliteration: /ˈɡɾupo/
"El grupo de música tocó en el concierto."
grupo
Transliteration: /ˈɡɾupu/
"O grupo de estudo reuniu-se na biblioteca."
समूह
Transliteration: samūh
"छात्रों का एक समूह मैदान में खेल रहा है।"
群
Transliteration: qún
"这是一个非常活跃的微信群。"
그룹
Transliteration: geurup
"우리는 프로젝트를 위해 소그룹을 만들었습니다."
グループ
Transliteration: gurūpu
"彼は新しいグループに参加しました。"
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