consort

English

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (RP) enPR: kŏn'sôt, IPA: /ˈkɒnsɔːt/, X-SAMPA: /"kQnsO:t/
  • (US) enPR: kän'sôrt, IPA: /ˈkɑnsɔrt/, X-SAMPA: /"kAnsOrt/

  • Audio (US), noun

    (file)

• (verb)
  • (RP) enPR: kənsôt', IPA: /kənˈsɔːt/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"sO:t/
  • (US) enPR: kənsôrt', IPA: /kənˈsɔrt/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"sOrt/

  • Audio (US), verb

    (file)

Noun

consort (countable and uncountable; plural consorts)

1. The spouse of a monarch.
2. A husband, wife, companion or partner.
3. A ship accompanying another.
4. (uncountable) Association or partnership.
5. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.

Synonyms

• (husband, wife, companion, partner): companion, escort
• (association, partnership): association, partnership
• (group of musicians): band, group

Translations

spouse of a monarch

• Khmer: រាជពន្ធភាព (km) (riech pʊən pʰiep)

• Mandarin: 皇后 (cmn)

husband, wife, companion or partner

• Arabic: عشيق (ar)
• Hungarian: hitves (hu)
• Khmer: ពន្ធភាព (km) (pʊən pʰiep)

• Mandarin: 老婆 (cmn)
• Russian: супруг (ru) (suprug) m, супруга (ru) (supruga) f
• Spanish: consorte (es) m and f

ship accompanying another

• Russian: корабль сопровождения (ru) (korablʹ soprovoždenija)

association or partnership

• Mandarin: 夥伴 (cmn)

• Spanish: consorcio (es) m (business)

group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument

Verb

consort (third-person singular simple present consorts, present participle consorting, simple past and past participle consorted)

1. (intransitive) To associate or keep company.
   • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 457,

     Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.

2. (intransitive) To be in agreement.
3. (intransitive) To associate or unite in company with.
   • Dryden

     Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?

Synonyms

• (associate or keep company): hang out (slang)
• (be in agreement): agree, concur
• (associate or unite in company with): associate, hang out (slang)

Translations

associate or keep company

• Bulgarian: придружавам (bg) (pridružavam)

be in agreement

• Bulgarian: погаждам се (bg) (pogaždam se)

associate or unite in company with

• Bulgarian: общувам (bg) (obštuvam)

Anagrams

• crotons

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.sɔʁ/

Noun

consort f (plural consorts)

1. consort
2. (plural only, proceeded by et) minions, associates; the likes

   Facebook, Myspace et consorts — Facebook, Myspace and the likes.