consultant
English edit
Etymology edit
From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
consultant (plural consultants)
- A person or party that is consulted.
- A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.
- (medicine, UK, Ireland) A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.
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Translations edit
person or party that is consulted
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Further reading edit
- “consultant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References edit
- consultant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
consultant
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: consultants
Adjective edit
consultant (feminine consultante, masculine plural consultants, feminine plural consultantes)
Noun edit
consultant m (plural consultants, feminine consultante)
- (archaic) counselee, advisee (person who solicits advice from a professional)
- consultant (person who offers advice in a professional capacity)
Participle edit
consultant
Further reading edit
- “consultant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈsul.tant/, [kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪än̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈsul.tant/, [konˈsul̪t̪än̪t̪]
Verb edit
cōnsultant
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
consultant m (plural consultants)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French consultant.
Noun edit
consultant m (plural consultanți)
Declension edit
Declension of consultant
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) consultant | consultantul | (niște) consultanți | consultanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) consultant | consultantului | (unor) consultanți | consultanților |
vocative | consultantule | consultanților |