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Italian

troupe

/trup/noun · feminineC1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 13,475

Meaning

film/TV crew

  • a film or television crew, or a touring artistic company

In a sentence

Una troupe televisiva sta girando un servizio nella piazza centrale.

A TV crew is shooting a report in the main square.

Quante persone fanno parte della troupe di questo film?

How many people are part of this film's crew?

La troupe non ha potuto registrare la scena a causa della pioggia.

The crew could not record the scene because of the rain.

Word forms (3)
WordWord forms
troupefeminine · singular
troupefeminine · plural
troupefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Borrowed from French; invariable in Italian ('la troupe', 'le troupe').
  • Always feminine: 'la troupe televisiva'.

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