concert

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜːt/
  • (US) enPR: kənsûrtʹ, IPA^(key): /kənˈsɝt/

• Audio (UK)

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• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnsət/
  • (US) enPR: känʹsərt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɚt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Verb

concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)

1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
   • (Can we date this quote by Bishop Burnet and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     It was concerted to begin the siege in March.

2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
   • (Can we date this quote by Burke and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     A commander had more trouble to concert his defence before the people than to plan […] the campaign.

3. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
   • (Can we date this quote by Bishop Burnet and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot.

Translations

To plan together

• Bulgarian: замислям (bg) (zamisljam)
• Greek: ενορχηστρώνω (el) (enorchistróno)

• Italian: concertare (it), concordare (it)
• Spanish: concertar (es)

To plan; to devise; to arrange

• Bulgarian: замислям (bg) (zamisljam)
• Greek: κανονίζω (el) (kanonízo)

• Italian: pianificare (it)

To act in harmony or conjunction

• Bulgarian: съгласувам (bg) (sǎglasuvam)

• Italian: concertare (it), collaborare (it)

Noun

concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)

1. 

   A concert.
   (uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
2. (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

   I'm going to the rock concert on Friday.

   Synonym: gig

Derived terms

• concertmaster
• in concert

Descendants

• → Japanese: コンサート (konsāto)
• → Korean: 콘서트 (konseoteu)

Translations

agreement in a design or plan

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) n (sǎglasie)
• French: concert (fr) m
• Greek: συντονισμός (el) m (syntonismós)
• Hungarian: összhang (hu), egyetértés (hu)
• Italian: concerto (it) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاھەنگ‎ (ku) (aheng)

• Russian: согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), соглаше́ние (ru) n (soglašénije), договорённость (ru) f (dogovorjónnostʹ)
• Spanish: concierto (es) m, concertación f

musical accordance or harmony

• Bulgarian: хармония (bg) f (harmonija)
• Dutch: concert (nl) n
• French: concert (fr) m
• German: Konzert (de) n
• Greek: ενορχήστρωση (el) f (enorchístrosi)
• Hungarian: összhang (hu)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاھەنگ‎ (ku) (aheng)

• Latin: symphonia f
• Romanian: concert (ro) n
• Spanish: concierto (es) m

a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part

• Afrikaans: konsert
• Albanian: koncert (sq) m
• Arabic: عَزْف‎ m (ʿazf), حَفْلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة‎ f (ḥafla mūsīqiyya)
• Armenian: համերգ (hy) (hamerg)
• Asturian: conciertu m
• Azerbaijani: konsert (az)
• Basque: kontzertu
• Belarusian: канцэ́рт m (kancért)
• Bengali: সঙ্গীতানুষ্ঠান (sôṅgītanuṣṭhan)
• Bulgarian: конце́рт m (koncért)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: concert (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 演唱會, 演唱会 (jin² coeng³ wui^6-2) (featuring singers)

  Mandarin: 音樂會 (zh), 音乐会 (zh) (yīnyuèhuì), 合奏 (zh) (hézòu)

• Czech: koncert (cs) m
• Danish: koncert (da) c
• Esperanto: koncerto
• Estonian: kontsert
• Finnish: konsertti (fi)
• French: concert (fr) m
• Galician: concerto (gl) m
• Georgian: კონცერტი (ḳoncerṭi)
• German: Konzert (de) n
• Greek: συναυλία (el) f (synavlía)
• Greenlandic: tusarnaartitsineq
• Hebrew: קוֹנצֶרט‎ (he)
• Hindi: कॉन्सर्ट m (kŏnsarṭ), संगीत कार्यक्रम (saṅgīt kāryakram)
• Hungarian: hangverseny (hu), koncert (hu)
• Icelandic: tónleikar (is) m pl
• Indonesian: konser (id)
• Italian: concerto (it) m
• Japanese: コンサート (konsāto), 音楽会 (おんがっかい, ongakkai; おんがくかい, ongakukai), 合奏 (がっそう, gassō)
• Kazakh: концерт (kk) (koncert)
• Khmer: តន្ត្រីប្រគំ (dɑntrəy prɑkum), មហោស្រព (km) (mĕəʾhaosrɑp)
• Korean: 콘서트 (ko) (konseoteu), 음악회 (ko) (eumakhoe)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاھەنگ‎ (ku) (aheng)

• Kyrgyz: концерт (ky) (kontsert)
• Ladino: konserto m
• Lao: ຄອນເສີດ (lo) (khǭn sœ̄t)
• Latin: concentus m
• Latvian: koncerts m
• Ligurian: conçèrto m
• Lithuanian: koncertas m
• Macedonian: концерт m (koncert)
• Malay: konsert
• Mongolian: концерт (mn) (kontsert)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konsert (no) m

  Nynorsk: konsert (no) m

• Occitan: concèrt m
• Persian: کنسرت‎ (fa) (konsert)
• Polish: koncert (pl) m
• Portuguese: concerto (pt) m, show (pt) m
• Romanian: concert (ro) n
• Russian: конце́рт (ru) m (koncért)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuirm-chiùil f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: концерт m

  Roman: koncert (sh) m

• Slovak: koncert m
• Slovene: koncert (sl) m
• Spanish: concierto (es) m
• Swedish: konsert (sv) c
• Tajik: консерт (tg) (konsert)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: คอนเสิร์ต (th) (kɔɔn-sə̀ət)
• Turkish: konser (tr)
• Turkmen: konsert
• Ukrainian: конце́рт (uk) m (koncért)
• Urdu: کنسرٹ‎ m (konsarṭ)
• Uzbek: kontsert
• Vietnamese: buổi hoà nhạc
• Volapük: konsärt (vo)
• Welsh: cyngerdd (cy) m
• Yiddish: קאָנצערט‎ m (kontsert)

Further reading

• Concert in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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Catalan

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Related terms

• concertar

Further reading

• “concert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “concert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “concert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “concert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈsɛrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: con‧cert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt

Noun

concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertgebouw
• concertmeester
• concertzaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konsert
• → West Frisian: konsert

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Descendants

• → Dutch: concert

Further reading

• “concert” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• concret