FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador.

n A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals.

n A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

n (music) a musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.

n (music) an excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.