consul

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English consul, from Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: kŏnʹsəl, IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.səl/ (General American) enPR: kŏnʹsəl, IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.səl/ Rhymes: -ɒnsəl Hyphenation: con‧sul === Noun === consul (plural consuls) (historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires. (historical) Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804. (obsolete) A count or earl. (obsolete or historical) A councillor, particularly: (historical) A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia. (historical) An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England. (historical) An official in various early modern port and trading towns, elected by resident foreign merchants to settle disputes among themselves and to represent them to the local authorities. (by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country. (obsolete) A high government official, generally either a coruler himself or a counsellor directly under the ruler. ==== Synonyms ==== (count): See count (councillor): See councillor (early modern councilmen of southern France and Catalonia): capitoul (Toulouse) (counsellor): See counsellor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ambassador === Anagrams === UNCLOS, clonus, cluons == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch consul, from Latin cōnsul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔnzʏl/ Hyphenation: con‧sul === Noun === consul m (plural consuls, no diminutive) consul (official in foreign country) (historical) consul (of the Roman Republic) ==== Derived terms ==== consulaat ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: kònsùl == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnsul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.syl/ === Noun === consul m (plural consuls, feminine consule) consul, in its various senses ==== Synonyms ==== (early modern councilmen of southern France and Catalonia): échevin; capitoul (Toulouse) ==== Related terms ==== consulaire consulat ==== Descendants ==== → Khmer: កុងស៊ុល (kongsul) → Romanian: consul → Thai: กงสุล (gong-sǔn) → Turkish: konsül → Persian: کنسول (konsul) === Further reading === “consul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === culons == Latin == === Alternative forms === cōnsul., cos, COS === Etymology === From earlier consol. Root noun to cōnsulō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkõː.sʊɫ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.sul] === Noun === cōnsul m (genitive cōnsulis); third declension consul: either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic, elected annually a proconsul the highest magistrate in other states an epithet of the god Jupiter (Medieval Latin) a municipal official. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “consul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “consul”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "consul", 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) “consul”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. consul in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “consul”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin “console” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “consulo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === consoul === Etymology === From Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul. === Noun === consul (plural consules) Roman consul governor ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: consul Scots: consul ==== References ==== “consol, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 November 2022. == Norman == === Etymology === From Latin cōnsul (“consul”). === Noun === consul m (plural consuls) (Jersey) consul ==== Related terms ==== consulat (“consulate”) == Old English == === Etymology === From Latin cōnsul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkon.sul/, [ˈkon.zul] === Noun === consul m (nominative plural consulas) Roman consul late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: consul, consoulEnglish: consulScots: consul === References === Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “consul”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French consul. === Noun === consul m (plural consuli) consul ==== Declension ==== == Scots == === Alternative forms === consule, consol === Etymology === From Middle English consul, from Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul. === Noun === consul (plural consules) consul (official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country) Roman consul === References === “consul”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.