Dictionary

suite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• swēt
• /sjuːʈ/ (South-Asia)
• syo͞ot spelling pronunciation
• /swiːt/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.

Meanings

1. A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
   • [A]s to men, we shall live altogether at the Duc de Romagnecourt's, his suite of servants will be ours. 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 259:
2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
   • 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,[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • 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. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
   • a suite of minerals
   • a suite of rooms
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. 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. 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. A group of related computer programs distributed together.

Forms

Deriveds

three-piece suite · droit de suite · income suite · en suite · consuite · minisuite · en-suite · bedroom suite · gifting suite · cottage suite · garage suite · gift suite · C-suite · Jack and Jill suite · suitemate · bridal suite · granny suite · in-law suite · secondary suite · suitelike · nonsuite · chesterfield suite

Hyponyms

office suite · validation suite · bridal suite · dance suite · test suite

Relateds

ensuite

Translations (78)

nl suite (selection of music from a larger work) · cmn 組曲 /组曲 (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · hu lakosztály (group of connected rooms) · ru сюи́та (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · ar حَشَم (retinue or company of attendants) · bg набор (connected series or succession of objects) · es suite (group of connected rooms) · sv svit (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · pl orszak (retinue or company of attendants) · sv svit (connected series or succession of objects) · pt suíte (group of connected rooms) · nn suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · fi sarjateos (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · de Suite (group of connected rooms) · nn suite (selection of music from a larger work) · es suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · ca suite (selection of music from a larger work) · cmn 套房 (group of connected rooms) · fr suite (retinue or company of attendants) · nb suite (retinue or company of attendants) · nb suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · de Suite (selection of music from a larger work) · ja 組曲 (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · el σουίτα (selection of music from a larger work) · ru сюи́та (selection of music from a larger work) · el σουίτα (connected series or succession of objects) · eo ĉambraro (group of connected rooms) · ca seguici (retinue or company of attendants) · pt suíte (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · ca suite (group of connected rooms) · fr suite (connected series or succession of objects) · fr suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · fr suite (group of connected rooms) · pl świta (retinue or company of attendants) · sq shpurë (retinue or company of attendants) · nn suite (group of connected rooms) · ro suită (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · nl suite (group of connected rooms) · ka ნაკრები (connected series or succession of objects) · es séquito (retinue or company of attendants) · ca suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · bg сюи́та (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · bg сви́та (retinue or company of attendants) · pt conjunto (connected series or succession of objects) · fa سوئیت (group of connected rooms) · nb suite (selection of music from a larger work) · fi sarja (selection of music from a larger work) · ga cóisir (retinue or company of attendants) · pl komplet (connected series or succession of objects) · ru гарниту́р (connected series or succession of objects) · pt leque (connected series or succession of objects) · es suite (selection of music from a larger work) · nl reeks (connected series or succession of objects) · fi seurue (retinue or company of attendants) · ja スイート (group of connected rooms) · bg компле́кт (connected series or succession of objects) · ru анфила́да (group of connected rooms) · pt grupo (connected series or succession of objects) · ru сви́та (retinue or company of attendants) · nn suite (retinue or company of attendants) · hu kíséret (retinue or company of attendants) · fi sarja (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · el σουίτα (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · ka ამალა (retinue or company of attendants) · de Suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · sv svit (group of connected rooms) · hu szvit (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · cs apartmá (group of connected rooms) · hy շքախումբ (retinue or company of attendants) · nb suite (group of connected rooms) · pl suita (musical form pre-dating the sonata) · ru компле́кт (connected series or succession of objects) · fi sviitti (group of connected rooms) · el σουίτα (group of connected rooms) · fi sarja (connected series or succession of objects) · fr suite (selection of music from a larger work) · uk сюї́та (selection of music from a larger work) · ru набо́р (connected series or succession of objects)