Definitions of consort [ˌkɒn səˈnæn tl]

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Definition of 'consort'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) consort
a husband or wife; spouse, esp. of a reigning monarch.

2.  consort
one ship accompanying another.

3.  consort
a group of instrumentalists and singers who perform music, esp. old music.

4.  consort
a group of instruments of the same family, as viols, played in concert.

5.  consort
a companion, associate, or partner.

6.  consort
accord or agreement.

7.  consort
Obs.

8.  consort
company or association.

9.  consort
harmony of sounds.

10. (v.i.) consort
to associate; keep company:
to consort with known criminals.

11.  consort
to agree or harmonize.

12. (v.t.) consort
to associate, join, or unite.

13.  consort
Obs.

14.  consort
to accompany.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < MF < L consort-, s. of consors sharer. See con -, sort)

Definition of 'consort'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) consort
the husband or wife of a reigning monarch

2. (verb) choir, consort
a family of similar musical instrument playing together

3. (verb) consort, associate, affiliate, assort
keep company with; hang out with
"He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

4. (verb) harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree
go together
"The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"

5. (verb) run, consort
keep company
"the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"

Definition of 'consort'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) consort
one who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband

2. (noun) consort
a ship keeping company with another

3. (noun) consort
concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union

4. (noun) consort
an assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination.

5. (noun) consort
harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments

6. (verb) consort
to unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with

7. (verb) consort
to unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate

8. (verb) consort
to attend; to accompany

Translation of 'consort'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a (especially royal) wife or husband prince consort (= the husband of a reigning queen).
Afrikaans: gemaal, gemalin	Arabic: زَوج، زَوْجَه	Bulgarian: съпруг(а)
Brazilian: consorte	Czech: choť, manžel, manželka	German: der/die Gemahl(in)
Danish: gemal; gemalinde	Greek: βασιλικός ή βασιλική σύζυ	Spanish: consorte
Estonian: abikaasa	Farsi: شوهر ملکه؛ همسر پادشاه	Finnish: puoliso
French: époux, ouse, (prince) con	Hebrew: בֶּן זוּג	Hindi: पत्नी, पति खासकर किसी शास
Croatian: suprug, muž, suprug kralj	Hungarian: hitves	Indonesian: teman hidup
Icelandic: eiginmaður/-kona	Italian: consorte	Japanese: 配偶者
Korean: (왕족의) 배우자	Lithuanian: (karaliaus)žmona, (karali	Latvian: karalienes vīrs
Malay: konsot	Dutch: gemaal	Norwegian: gemal(inne); prinsgemal
Polish: małżonek, małżonka	Persian: شوهر ملکه؛ همسر پادشاه	Pashto: ماينه يا ميړه: هغه بېړۍ چ
Portuguese: consorte	Romanian: soţ; soţie; (prinţ) conso	Russian: супруг(а) царствующей осо
Slovak: manžel, -ka	Slovenian: soprog(a)	Serbian: supružnik
Swedish: make, maka, gemål	Thai: คู่สมรส	Turkish: eş
Taiwanese: 在位君主的配偶	Ukrainian: чоловік; дружина	Urdu: زوج، ملك‍ہ كا شوهر
Vietnamese: phu quân; phu nhân	Chinese: 配偶（尤指帝王的夫或妻）
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