entourage
/ˈɑn.tə.ɹɑʒ/noun
entourage is spelled E-N-T-O-U-R-A-G-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, entourage means “A retinue of attendants, associates or followers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of entourage is entourages.
How many letters and syllables are in entourage?
| Letters | 9: E-N-T-O-U-R-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is entourage?
Entourage appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce entourage?
- UK /ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/
- UK /ˈɑ̃ː.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/
- US /ˈɑn.tə.ɹɑʒ/
Entourage has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-entourage.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of entourage
- entourages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does entourage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.
large entourage
- 2
A binary relation in a uniform space which generalises the notion of two points being no farther apart than a given fixed distance; a uniform neighbourhood.
- 3
Decorations, such as people, vehicles, or trees, appearing on an architectural sketch or rendering to make the site look more lively.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Entourage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense retinue of attendants, associates or followers:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does entourage come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French entourage, from entourer (“to surround”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).