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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle French, ultimately fromLatincōnsors. As “companion or partner”, viaMiddle Englishconsorte.

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Noun

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consort (countable anduncountable,pluralconsorts)

  1. Thespouse of amonarch.
    • 1862 January, [William Makepeace Thackeray], “Roundabout Papers.—No. XVIII. On Letts’s Diary.”, inThe Cornhill Magazine, volume V, number25, London:Smith, Elder and Co., [],page128:
      Wise, just, moderate, admirably pure of life, the friend of science, of freedom, of peace and all peaceful arts, theConsort of the Queen passes from our troubled sphere to that serene one where justice and peace reign eternal.
  2. Ahusband,wife,companion orpartner.
    • 1839,Charles Darwin, chapter XII, inNarrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s ShipsAdventure andBeagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, [], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, [],→OCLC,page257:
      In the deep and retired channels of Tierra del Fuego, the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darkerconsort, and standing close by each other on some distant rocky point, is a common feature in the landscape.
  3. (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) Aninformal, usually well-publicizedsexual companion of a monarch,aristocrat,celebrity, etc.
  4. Ashipaccompanying another.
  5. (uncountable)Association orpartnership.
    • 1687,Francis Atterbury,An Answer to Some Considerations on the Spirit ofMartin Luther and the Original of the Reformation; [], Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] [Sheldonian] Theater,→OCLC,page22:
      That which gives diſtaſt to the Ear in it is aGerman by-word: and ſuch kind of thingsLr. according to the humor of thoſe times, purſues with ſome fondneſs: take it ſingly, and it carries an air of levity, I confeſs; but, inconſort with the reſt, you ſee, has a meaning quite different from what this Author would inſinuate.
  6. Agroup orcompany, especially ofmusicians playing the same type ofinstrument.
  7. (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.

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spouse of a monarch
husband, wife, companion or partner
ship accompanying another
association or partnership
group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument

Adjective

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consort (notcomparable)

  1. (postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted withregnant anddowager
    Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queenconsort during his reign.

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Verb

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consort (third-person singular simple presentconsorts,present participleconsorting,simple past and past participleconsorted)

  1. (intransitive) Toassociate orkeepcompany (with).
  2. (intransitive) To be inagreement.

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associate or keep company
be in agreement
associate or unite in company with

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatincōnsors.

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consort m orfby sense (pluralconsorts)

  1. partner,consort
  2. (law)spouse
    Synonym:cònjuge
  3. (law)accomplice
    Synonym:partícip
  4. (law)joinder
    Synonym:litisconsort

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatincōnsortem.

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consort f (pluralconsorts)

  1. consort
  2. (plural only, preceded byet, slightly derogatory)minions,associates; thelikes
    Facebook, Myspaceet consorts.
    Facebook, Myspaceand the likes.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchconsort, fromLatinconsors.

Noun

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consort m (pluralconsorți)

  1. consort

Declension

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Declension ofconsort
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeconsortconsortulconsorțiconsorții
genitive-dativeconsortconsortuluiconsorțiconsorților
vocativeconsortuleconsorților
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