consortium

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈsɔː.ti.əm/, /kənˈsɔː.ʃəm/ (less common) (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈsoɹ.ʃəm/, /kənˈsoɹ.ti.əm/ [kənˈsoɹ.ɾi.əm] (rare) (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈsoː.ti.əm/, /kənˈsoː.ʃəm/ (less common) Hyphenation: con‧sor‧ti‧um === Noun === consortium (plural consortia or consortiums) An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture. Synonyms: coalition, alliance, syndicate A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations. An association or society. (law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate. (biology) A group of symbiotic microbes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== consort ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== joint venture == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnsortium, from consors, consortis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɔʁ.sjɔm/ === Noun === consortium m (plural consortiums) consortium (association, arrangement) cartel ==== Derived terms ==== consortial ==== Related terms ==== consort === Further reading === “consortium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈsɔr.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈsɔr.t͡si.um] === Etymology 1 === From cōnsors (“shared, common”) + -ium. ==== Noun ==== cōnsortium n (genitive cōnsortiī or cōnsortī); second declension fellowship, participation, society ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== cōnsortium genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of cōnsors ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: consorci → Italian: consorzio → Old Catalan: consòrcia Catalan: conxorxa → Portuguese: consórcio → Romanian: consorțiu → Spanish: consorcio === References === “consortium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “consortium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "consortium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “consortium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.