suite

/swit/

Other forms: suites

A suite (sounds like "sweet") is a collection of matching things. It usually refers to rooms together, like when you get a suite at a fancy hotel. It can also be a set of furniture or a musical composition.

In housing terms, a suite is an apartment made up of connected rooms. If you ever stay at a hostel in France, make sure you get a room with the bathroom en suite, so you don’t have to share the one in the hallway. When the word first came into use, it meant "train of followers of attendants," but don't call your friends your suite or they'll think you're a snob.

Definitions of suite

1. noun

   the group following and attending to some important person
   synonyms: cortege, entourage, retinue

   types:

   court, royal court

   the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

   type of:

   assemblage, gathering

   a group of persons together in one place
2. noun

   a matching set of furniture
   types:

   bedroom set, bedroom suite

   a suite of furniture for the bedroom

   diningroom set, diningroom suite

   a suite of furniture for the dining room

   livingroom set, livingroom suite

   a suite of furniture for the living room

   type of:

   set

   a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
3. noun

   apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
   synonyms: rooms

   type of:

   apartment, flat

   a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
4. noun

   a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
   types:

   partita

   (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century

   type of:

   composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

   a musical work that has been created