consort

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin cōnsors. As “companion or partner”, via Middle English consorte. === Pronunciation === (noun) (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kŏn'sôt, IPA(key): /ˈkɒnsɔːt/ (General American) enPR: kän'sôrt, IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɔɹt/ (verb) (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kənsôt', IPA(key): /kənˈsɔːt/ (General American) enPR: kənsôrt', IPA(key): /kənˈsɔɹt/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t === Noun === consort (countable and uncountable, plural consorts) The spouse of a monarch. A husband, wife, companion or partner. (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc. A ship accompanying another. (uncountable) Association or partnership. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument. (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. ==== Synonyms ==== (husband, wife, companion, partner): Thesaurus:spouse, companion, escort (association, partnership): association, partnership (group of musicians): band, group ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === consort (not comparable) (postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager ==== Derived terms ==== king consort prince consort princess consort queen consort ==== See also ==== queen dowager queen regnant regnant === Verb === consort (third-person singular simple present consorts, present participle consorting, simple past and past participle consorted) (intransitive) To associate or keep company (with). 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95: If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is. (intransitive) To be in agreement. ==== Synonyms ==== (associate or keep company): hang out (slang) (be in agreement): agree, concur (associate or unite in company with): associate, hang out (slang) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Croston, Scorton, cortons, crotons == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnsors. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kunˈso̞rt] IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [konˈsɔrt] IPA(key): (Central) [kunˈsɔrt] IPA(key): (Valencia) [konˈsɔɾt] Rhymes: -ɔɾt === Noun === consort m or f by sense (plural consorts) partner, consort (law) spouse Synonym: cònjuge (law) accomplice Synonym: partícip (law) joinder Synonym: litisconsort ==== Derived terms ==== litisconsort ==== Related terms ==== consorci === Further reading === “consort”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “consort”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “consort”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnsortem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɔʁ/ === Noun === consort f (plural consorts) consort (plural only, preceded by et, slightly derogatory) minions, associates; the likes === Further reading === “consort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French consort, from Latin consors. === Noun === consort m (plural consorți) consort ==== Declension ====