concert

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto. Doublet of concerto.

Pronunciation

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

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

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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.
   • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], OCLC 863504080:

     It was concerted to begin the siege in March.

2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
   • 1756, Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society

     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.
   • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], OCLC 863504080:

     The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter 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)
• → Thai: คอนเสิร์ต (kɔɔn-sə̀ət)

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:

  Central Kurdish: 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:

  Central Kurdish: 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 (śôṅgitanuśṭhan)
• 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)
• Irish: ceolchoirm f
• 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) (mĕəʼhaosrɑp)
• Korean: 콘서트 (ko) (konseoteu), 음악회 (ko) (eumakhoe)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: 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 (ms)
• Mongolian: концерт (mn) (kontsert)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konsert (no) m

  Nynorsk: konsert (no) m

• Occitan: concèrt (oc) 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)

Derived terms

• concertista

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/

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• 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
• → Indonesian: konser
• → West Frisian: konsert

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• de concert
• salle de concert

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: concert
• → Turkish: konser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• concret

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Romanian

Etymology

From French concert

Noun

concert n (plural concerte)

1. concert

Declension

Declension of concert

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) concert	concertul	(niște) concerte	concertele
genitive/dative	(unui) concert	concertului	(unor) concerte	concertelor
vocative	concertule		concertelor