cortege

[US]/kɔ:ˈteiʒ/
[UK]/kɔr'teʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. procession, group of attendants.
Word Forms
Pluralcorteges

Example Sentences

a cortege of mourners

en cortege af sørgende

Real-world Examples

Along the royal mile thousands waited to see the cortege.

Langs den kongelige mil ventede tusindvis på at se cortege.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

In 2002, at 12.45 pm, a Lancaster bomber and two Spitfires flew over the cortege for his wife and dipped their wings.

I 2002, kl. 12.45, fløj et Lancaster-bombefly og to Spitfires over cortege for hans kone og dykkede deres vinger.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

His cortege travelled through the streets after the 60-year-old had been lying in state where thousands queued to file past his coffin.

Hans cortege rejste gennem gaderne efter at den 60-årige var blevet liggende i staterum, hvor tusindvis stillede sig i kø for at passere hans kiste.

Source: BBC World Headlines

She could not have conceivedof a more desolate cortege.

Hun kunne ikke have forestillet sig en mere øde cortege.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Knight and Stephen went outside, and came close to the procession as it moved off. A carriage belonging to the cortege turned round close to a lamp.

Knight og Stephen gik udenfor og kom tæt på processionen, mens den satte i gang. En hestevogn, der tilhørte cortege, drejede rundt tæt på en lampe.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

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