Standard Lemma guide

consort

adj · name · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: kŏn'sôt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsɔːt/
  • General-American: kän'sôrt
  • General-American: /ˈkɑnsɔɹt/
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  • Received-Pronunciation: kənsôt'
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsɔːt/
  • General-American: kənsôrt'
  • General-American: /kənˈsɔɹt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, postpositional

Examples

  • 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 queen consort during his reign.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A village in Alberta, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The spouse of a monarch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A husband, wife, companion or partner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, euphemistic, humorous, sometimes, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A ship accompanying another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Association or partnership.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To associate or keep company (with).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To be in agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

a family of similar musical instrument playing together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: choir

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set

13

noun

Meaning 13

the husband or wife of a reigning monarch

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half

Narrower terms: prince consort, Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon

14

verb

Meaning 14

keep company

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: run

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accompany

15

verb

Meaning 15

keep company with; hang out with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He associates with strange people
  • She affiliates with her colleagues

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: associate, affiliate, assort

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interact

Narrower terms: ally, go steady, go out, date, see, company, companion, accompany, keep company

16

verb

Meaning 16

go together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The colors don't harmonize
  • Their ideas concorded

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise, accord, concord, fit in, agree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

Narrower terms: blend, go, blend in

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin cōnsors. As “companion or partner”, via Middle English consorte.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gemaal — spouse of a monarch
  • Afrikaans: gemalin — spouse of a monarch
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皇后 (huánghòu) — spouse of a monarch
  • Czech: choť (panovníka/panovnice) — spouse of a monarch
  • Danish: gemal — spouse of a monarch
  • Danish: gemalinde — spouse of a monarch
  • Dutch: gemaal — spouse of a monarch
  • Dutch: gemalin — spouse of a monarch
  • French: consort — spouse of a monarch
  • German: Gemahl — spouse of a monarch
  • German: Gemahlin — spouse of a monarch
  • Greek: σύζυγος μονάρχη (sýzygos monárchi) — spouse of a monarch
  • Hebrew: שֵׁגָל (shegál) — spouse of a monarch
  • Hungarian: hitves — spouse of a monarch
  • Hungarian: -né — spouse of a monarch
  • Khmer: រាជពន្ធភាព (riech pʊən phiep) — spouse of a monarch
  • Macedonian: со́пруг (sóprug) — spouse of a monarch
  • Macedonian: со́пруга (sópruga) — spouse of a monarch
  • Malayalam: പത്നി (patni) — spouse of a monarch
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gemalinne — spouse of a monarch
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gemalinne — spouse of a monarch
  • Old English: efnhlytta — spouse of a monarch
  • Sotho: mosadi wa kgosi — spouse of a monarch
  • Sotho: monna wa kgosihadi — spouse of a monarch
  • Spanish: consorte — spouse of a monarch
  • Swedish: gemål — spouse of a monarch
  • Arabic: عشيق — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老婆 — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Danish: gemal — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Danish: gemalinde — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • French: consort — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Georgian: მეუღლე (meuɣle) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Greek: σύζυγος (sýzygos) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Hungarian: hitves — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Italian: consorte — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Khmer: ពន្ធភាព (pʊən phiep) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Macedonian: со́пруг (sóprug) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Macedonian: со́пруга (sópruga) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Malayalam: പത്നി (patni) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Old English: efnhlytta — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Polish: małżonek — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Polish: małżonka — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Russian: супру́г (suprúg) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Russian: супру́га (suprúga) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Spanish: consorte — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Swedish: gemål — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Ottoman Turkish: اش (eş) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Ottoman Turkish: زوج (zevc) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Ottoman Turkish: عرس (ʿırs) — husband, wife, companion or partner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 僚舰 (liáojiàn) — ship accompanying another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 僚艇 (liáotǐng) — ship accompanying another
  • French: navire d'accompagnement — ship accompanying another
  • Russian: кора́бль сопровождения (koráblʹ soprovoždenija) — ship accompanying another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夥伴 /伙伴 (huǒbàn) — association or partnership
  • French: bitch — association or partnership
  • Spanish: consorcio — association or partnership
  • French: bitch — group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument
  • Azerbaijani: oturub-durmaq — associate or keep company
  • Bulgarian: придружавам (pridružavam) — associate or keep company
  • Ancient Greek: μεθομιλέω (methomiléō) — associate or keep company
  • Macedonian: се дру́жи (se drúži) — associate or keep company
  • Bulgarian: погаждам се (pogaždam se) — be in agreement
  • Bulgarian: общувам (obštuvam) — associate or unite in company with
  • Macedonian: се дру́жи (se drúži) — associate or unite in company with
  • Macedonian: о́пшти (ópšti) — associate or unite in company with
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