noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:kŏnʹsəl
UK:/ˈkɒn.səl/
General-American:kŏnʹsəl
General-American:/ˈkɑn.səl/
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rhymes with -ɒnsəl
CMU ARPABET:K AA1 N S AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A count or earl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A councillor
A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A councillor
An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A councillor
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 8
A high government official, generally either a coruler himself or a counsellor directly under the ruler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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9
noun
Meaning 9
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: diplomat, diplomatist
History
Etymology
From Middle English consul, from Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul.
Across languages
Translations
110 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
konsull
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Arabic:
قُنْصُل
(qunṣul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Armenian:
հյուպատոս
(hyupatos)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Azerbaijani:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Belarusian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Belarusian:
ко́нсулка
(kónsulka)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Bengali:
দূত
(dut)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Bulgarian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Bulgarian:
ко́нсулка
(kónsulka)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Burmese:
ကောင်စစ်ဝန်
(kaungcac-wan)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Chinese Cantonese:
領事 /领事
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Chinese:
линсы
(linsɨ)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Chinese:
кунсур
(kunsur)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Chinese:
領事 /领事
(léng-sīr / léng-sū)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Chinese Mandarin:
領事 /领事
(lǐngshì)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Crimean Tatar:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Czech:
konzul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Czech:
konzulka
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Danish:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Dutch:
consul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Esperanto:
konsulo
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Estonian:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Finnish:
konsuli
— official who protects the interests of citizens
French:
consul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
French:
consule
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Galician:
cónsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Georgian:
კონსული
(ḳonsuli)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
German:
Konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
German:
Konsulin
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Greek:
πρόξενος
(próxenos)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Hebrew:
קוֹנְסוּל
(kónsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Hebrew:
קונסולית
(konsulit)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Hindi:
कौंसल
(kaunsal)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Hindi:
क़ोंसल
(qonsal)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Hindi:
क़ौंसल
(qaunsal)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Hindi:
वाणिज्य दूत
(vāṇijya dūt)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Hungarian:
konzul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Icelandic:
konsúll
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Icelandic:
ræðismaður
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Ido:
konsulo
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Indonesian:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Irish:
consal
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Italian:
console
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Japanese:
領事
(ryōji)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Kazakh:
консул
(konsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Khmer:
កុងស៊ុល
(kongsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Korean:
영사
(yeongsa)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Korean:
령사
(ryeongsa)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Kyrgyz:
консул
(konsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Lao:
ກົງສຸນ
(kong sun)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Latvian:
konsuls
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Lithuanian:
konsulas
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Macedonian:
конзул
(konzul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Macedonian:
конзулка
(konzulka)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Malay:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Mongolian:
консул
(konsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Norwegian Bokmål:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Pashto:
قونسل
(qonsol)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Pashto:
کونسل
(kwənsol)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Iranian Persian:
کُنْسول
(konsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Iranian Persian:
قُنْسول
(ġonsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Polish:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Portuguese:
cônsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Romanian:
consul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Russian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Serbo-Croatian:
ко̑нзул
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Serbo-Croatian:
kȏnzul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Slovak:
konzul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Slovak:
konzulka
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Slovene:
kónzul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Slovene:
kónzulka
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Lower Sorbian:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Upper Sorbian:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Spanish:
cónsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Swedish:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Tajik:
консул
(konsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Thai:
กงสุล
(gong-sǔn)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Turkish:
konsolos
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Turkmen:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Ukrainian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Ukrainian:
ко́нсулка
(kónsulka)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Urdu:
قَونْصَل
(qaunsal)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Uyghur:
كونسۇل
(konsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Uzbek:
konsul
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Vietnamese:
lãnh sự
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Yiddish:
קאָנסול
(konsul)
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Zhuang:
lingjsw
— official who protects the interests of citizens
Arabic:
قُنْصُل
(qunṣul)
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Belarusian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Bulgarian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Chinese Mandarin:
執政官 /执政官
(zhízhèngguān)
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Czech:
konzul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Danish:
konsul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Ancient Greek:
ὕπατος
(húpatos)
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Icelandic:
ræðismaður
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Italian:
console
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Latin:
cōnsul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Middle English:
consul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Old English:
consul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Old English:
ġēarcyning
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Polish:
konsul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Portuguese:
cônsul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Romanian:
consul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Russian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Scots:
consul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Slovak:
konzul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Slovene:
kónzul
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Ukrainian:
ко́нсул
(kónsul)
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Vietnamese:
quan chấp chính
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
Vietnamese:
chấp chính quan
— either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic