noun · 6 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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Received-Pronunciation:/kənˈsɔː.ti.əm/
Received-Pronunciation, uncommon:/kənˈsɔː.ʃəm/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *sortis Latin sors Latin cōnsors Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin cōnsortiumlbor. English consortium Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
konsorcium
— association or combination of businesses
Arabic:
اِتِّحَاد مَالِيّ
(ittiḥād māliyy)
— association or combination of businesses
Arabic:
اِئْتِلَاف شَرِكَات
(iʔtilāf šarikāt)
— association or combination of businesses
Armenian:
կոնսորցիում
(konsorcʻium)
— association or combination of businesses
Armenian:
համընկերություն
(hamənkerutʻyun)
— association or combination of businesses
Azerbaijani:
konsorsium
— association or combination of businesses
Belarusian:
кансо́рцыум
(kansórcyum)
— association or combination of businesses
Bulgarian:
консо́рциум
(konsórcium)
— association or combination of businesses
Catalan:
consorci
— association or combination of businesses
Chinese Mandarin:
企業聯盟 /企业联盟
(qǐyè liánméng)
— association or combination of businesses
Chinese Mandarin:
財團 /财团
(cáituán)
— association or combination of businesses
Chinese Mandarin:
聯盟 /联盟
(liánméng)
— association or combination of businesses
Czech:
konsorcium
— association or combination of businesses
Danish:
konsortium
— association or combination of businesses
Dutch:
consortium
— association or combination of businesses
Estonian:
konsortsium
— association or combination of businesses
Finnish:
yhtymä
— association or combination of businesses
Finnish:
yhteenliittymä
— association or combination of businesses
Finnish:
konsortio
— association or combination of businesses
French:
consortium
— association or combination of businesses
Georgian:
კონსორციუმი
(ḳonsorciumi)
— association or combination of businesses
German:
Konsortium
— association or combination of businesses
German:
Kooperation
— association or combination of businesses
Greek:
κονσόρτσιουμ
(konsórtsioum)
— association or combination of businesses
Hungarian:
konzorcium
— association or combination of businesses
Indonesian:
konsorsium
— association or combination of businesses
Italian:
consorzio
— association or combination of businesses
Japanese:
コンソーシアム
(konsōshiamu)
— association or combination of businesses
Kazakh:
консорциум
(konsorsium)
— association or combination of businesses
Korean:
연합체
(yeonhapche)
— association or combination of businesses
Korean:
컨소시엄
(keonsosieom)
— association or combination of businesses
Kyrgyz:
консорциум
(konsortsium)
— association or combination of businesses
Latin:
consortium
— association or combination of businesses
Latvian:
konsorcijs
— association or combination of businesses
Lithuanian:
konsorciumas
— association or combination of businesses
Macedonian:
конзорциум
(konzorcium)
— association or combination of businesses
Malay:
konsortium
— association or combination of businesses
Manx:
co-heshaght argidagh
— association or combination of businesses
Māori:
tōpūtanga
— association or combination of businesses
Norwegian Bokmål:
konsortium
— association or combination of businesses
Persian:
کُنسُرسیوم
(konsorsyum)
— association or combination of businesses
Polish:
konsorcjum
— association or combination of businesses
Portuguese:
consórcio
— association or combination of businesses
Romanian:
consorțiu
— association or combination of businesses
Russian:
консо́рциум
(konsórcium)
— association or combination of businesses
Serbo-Croatian:
ко̀нзо̄рцӣј
— association or combination of businesses
Serbo-Croatian:
конзорцијум
— association or combination of businesses
Serbo-Croatian:
kònzōrcīj
— association or combination of businesses
Serbo-Croatian:
konzorcijum
— association or combination of businesses
Slovak:
konzorcium
— association or combination of businesses
Slovene:
konzorcij
— association or combination of businesses
Spanish:
consorcio
— association or combination of businesses
Swedish:
konsortium
— association or combination of businesses
Tajik:
консортсиум
(konsortsium)
— association or combination of businesses
Tajik:
консорсиум
(konsorsium)
— association or combination of businesses
Turkish:
birliktelik
— association or combination of businesses
Turkish:
konsorsiyum
— association or combination of businesses
Ukrainian:
консо́рціум
(konsórcium)
— association or combination of businesses
Uzbek:
konsorsium
— association or combination of businesses
Vietnamese:
côngxoocxiom
— association or combination of businesses
Vietnamese:
công-xoóc-xi-om
— association or combination of businesses
Chinese Mandarin:
聯盟 /联盟
(liánméng)
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Finnish:
yhdistys
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Finnish:
liitto
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Finnish:
yhteenliittymä
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Finnish:
yhtymä
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Finnish:
konsortio
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
French:
consortium
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
German:
Interessenverband
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
German:
Interessengemeinschaft
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
German:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Indonesian:
konsorsium
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Latin:
consortium
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Portuguese:
consórcio
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Portuguese:
associação
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Spanish:
consorcio
— similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Finnish:
yhdistys
— association or society
Finnish:
seura
— association or society
French:
consortium
— association or society
German:
Bund
— association or society
German:
Verband
— association or society
German:
Gesellschaft
— association or society
Portuguese:
associação
— association or society
Spanish:
consorcio
— association or society
Spanish:
asociación
— association or society
Finnish:
puolison oikeus toisen kumppanuuteen
— legal right