cortege

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

Translation

n. prosessjon, gruppe av eskorte.
Word Forms
Pluralcorteges

Example Sentences

a cortege of mourners

en sorgprosessjon

Real-world Examples

Along the royal mile thousands waited to see the cortege.

Langs den kongelige mile ventet tusenvis for å se prosessen.

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, klokken 12.45, fløy en Lancaster-bomber og to Spitfires over prosessen for hans kone og la vingene sine ned.

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 prosessjon gikk gjennom gatene etter at den 60-årige hadde ligget i stat etter at tusenvis hadde stått i kø for å gå forbi hans kiste.

Source: BBC World Headlines

She could not have conceivedof a more desolate cortege.

Hun kunne ikke tenkt seg en mer nakne prosessjon.

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 gikk ut, og kom nært prosessen når den begynte å bevege seg. En vogn som tilhørte prosessen vendte seg rundt nær en lampe.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

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