en suite meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

en suite

adj

US /ɑn ˈswit/

Etymology From French en suite.

Of a bathroom, etc., connected to a bedroom.

Of a bedroom, etc., connected to an ensuite bathroom.

Forming part of a cohesively themed or matching set or series.

The Dress Cap and Under-Sleeves are en suite.1858 March, G. Brodie, “Fashions for March”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XVI, number XCIV, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 576, column 2:

adv

Etymology From French en suite.

Adjoining and connected (to a bedroom or bathroom).

[…] the boudoir of Mme de Saint-Ange. This architectural type, a small, furnished and ornate feminine aristocratic space dedicated to bathing and dressing, located en suite with bedroom and salon or dining room, and used by the lady of the house to withdraw or to receive private guests for intimate conversation (or more), is the setting for both exclusion and excess, chosen by de Sade[…]2016 November 10, Teresa Stoppani, Giorgio Ponzo, George Themistokleous, This Thing Called Theory, Routledge, →ISBN:

So as to form cohesively themed or matching set.

The burgonet was decorated en suite, the sides of the bowl embossed with acanthus scrolls flanking a central palmette and with swagged ribbons at the peak and nape, the hinged cheekpieces embossed in the center with a leafy mask with foliate diadem[…]1998, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Filippo Negroli, José-A. Godoy, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 262:
The grips of these hilts […] were of solid metal which was decorated en suite with the rest of the hilt.2012, Ewart Oakeshott, European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 249:

1 more example

[…] we can see that each room was decorated en suite, with wallpapers and drapery in matching colours.2015 April 29, J. Raven, Lost Mansions: Essays on the Destruction of the Country House, Springer, →ISBN: