grupe

Grupe is a plural noun that appears in several Southeast European languages, serving as the plural of the word meaning group. It is most commonly encountered as grupe in Albanian and as grupe in Serbo-Croatian varieties such as Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Montenegrin. In these languages, grupe refers to multiple groups or clusters of people, objects, or ideas.

In Albanian, the base word is grup (singular “group”) and grupe is the plural form. The term is used across contexts to denote more than one group, such as organizational units, study groups, or social clusters. For example, “Grupet janë formuar” translates to “The groups have been formed.”

In Serbo-Croatian varieties, the singular is grupa and the plural is grupe. It is used similarly to refer to multiple groups in contexts ranging from social groups to work teams. For example, “Tri grupe učenika sudjelovale su na radionici” means “Three groups of students participated in the workshop.”

Etymology for these uses traces to the word grupa, borrowed into these languages from a Romance precursor, likely via French or Italian groupe/gruppa, with later adaptation to local phonology and orthography. The term grupe therefore reflects a shared Slavic- and Romance-influenced lineage for the concept of division into multiple groups.

See also: grupa, groupe. Notes: grupe is language-specific and not an English word; when translating or cross-referencing, identify the source language to determine whether grupe serves as a plural form of grupa/grup.