suite (swiːt
)
Definitions
noun
- a series of items intended to be used together; set
- a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming one living unit ⇒
the presidential suite
- a matching set of furniture, esp of two armchairs and a settee
- a number of attendants or followers
- music
- an instrumental composition consisting of several movements in the same key based on or derived from dance rhythms, esp in the baroque period
- an instrumental composition in several movements less closely connected than a sonata
- a piece of music containing movements based on or extracted from music already used in an opera, ballet, play, etc
Word Origin
C17: from French, from Old French sieute; see suitSynonyms
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- British English:
suite
A suite is a set of rooms in a hotel or other building....a new suite of offices.swiːt NOUN ...a new suite of offices. - Spanish:
suite
nf - French:
suite
nf - German:
Suite
nf - Chinese: 套房
n - Arabic: جَنَاح
n - Portuguese: suite
nf - Russian: комплект
nm - Croatian: apartman
nm - Czech: apartmá
nnt - Danish: suite
nutr - Dutch: suite
n - Finnish: sviitti
n - Greek: σουίτα
nf - Italian: suite
nf - Japanese: スイート
n - Korean: 스위트 룸
n - Norwegian: suite
nm - Polish: komplet mebli
nm - Brazilian Portuguese: suíte
nf - European Spanish:
suite
nf - Swedish: svit
nutr - Thai: ห้องชุด
n - Turkish: suit
n - Vietnamese: dãy phòng
n
Usage examples
A hotel porter showed me to a top-floor suite with sweeping views over Hyde Park.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)The bathroom upgrades included a three-piece en suite off the master bedroom with a luxurious sunken Jacuzzi.
Globe and Mail (2003)Upstairs there are four bedrooms, two with en suite shower rooms, plus a bathroom.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The lift was as slow as usual, so she didn't reach the theatre suite until 9.45 a. m..
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)