noun
Meaning 1
A person or party that is consulted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
consultant
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsʌl.tənt/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian, New-Zealand: /kənˈsɐl.tənt/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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India: /ˈkən.səl.ʈenʈ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of informant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: informant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an expert who gives advice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an adviser helped students select their courses
- the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adviser, advisor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: authority
Narrower terms: amicus curiae, friend of the court, backroom boy, brain truster, beauty consultant, counselor, counsellor, county agent, agricultural agent, extension agent, fashion consultant, fashionmonger, investment adviser, investment advisor, management consultant, media consultant, media guru, military adviser, military advisor, security consultant, starets, tipster, tout
History
Etymology
From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.
Across languages
Translations
128 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: këshillues — person or party that is consulted
- Albanian: konsulent — person or party that is consulted
- Arabic: مُسْتَشَار (mustašār) — person or party that is consulted
- Arabic: مُسْتَشَارَة (mustašāra) — person or party that is consulted
- Azerbaijani: konsultant — person or party that is consulted
- Azerbaijani: məsləhətçi — person or party that is consulted
- Azerbaijani: müşavir — person or party that is consulted
- Bashkir: кәңәшсе (kəñəşse) — person or party that is consulted
- Belarusian: кансульта́нт (kansulʹtánt) — person or party that is consulted
- Belarusian: кансульта́нтка (kansulʹtántka) — person or party that is consulted
- Belarusian: дара́дца (darádca) — person or party that is consulted
- Bengali: চিকিত্সক (cikitśok) — person or party that is consulted
- Bengali: পরামর্শকারী (poramorśokari) — person or party that is consulted
- Bulgarian: консулта́нт (konsultánt) — person or party that is consulted
- Bulgarian: консулта́нтка (konsultántka) — person or party that is consulted
- Burmese: အတိုင်ပင်ခံ (a.tuingpanghkam) — person or party that is consulted
- Chinese Cantonese: 顧問 /顾问 (gu3 man6) — person or party that is consulted
- Chinese Mandarin: 顧問 /顾问 (gùwèn) — person or party that is consulted
- Czech: konzultant — person or party that is consulted
- Czech: konzultantka — person or party that is consulted
- Czech: poradce — person or party that is consulted
- Czech: poradkyně — person or party that is consulted
- Danish: konsulent — person or party that is consulted
- Dutch: consulent — person or party that is consulted
- Estonian: konsultant — person or party that is consulted
- Estonian: nõuandja — person or party that is consulted
- Finnish: konsultti — person or party that is consulted
- French: consultant — person or party that is consulted
- French: consultante — person or party that is consulted
- German: Berater — person or party that is consulted
- German: Beraterin — person or party that is consulted
- Greek: σύμβουλος (sýmvoulos) — person or party that is consulted
- Hebrew: יוֹעֵץ (yo'éts) — person or party that is consulted
- Hindi: मंत्री (mantrī) — person or party that is consulted
- Hindi: सलाहकार (salāhkār) — person or party that is consulted
- Hindi: परामर्शदाता (parāmarśadātā) — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: tanácsadó — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: szaktanácsadó — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: szakértő — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: specialista — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: lektor — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: szaklektor — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: konzulens — person or party that is consulted
- Hungarian: témavezető — person or party that is consulted
- Indonesian: konsulen — person or party that is consulted
- Indonesian: konsultan — person or party that is consulted
- Ingrian: nevvoja — person or party that is consulted
- Italian: consulente — person or party that is consulted
- Japanese: 顧問 (komon) — person or party that is consulted
- Japanese: 相談役 (sōdan'yaku) — person or party that is consulted
- Japanese: コンサルタント (konsarutanto) — person or party that is consulted
- Kazakh: кеңесші (keñesşı) — person or party that is consulted
- Khmer: ទីប្រឹក្សា (tii prəksaa) — person or party that is consulted
- Khmer: អ្នកជូនយោបល់ (nĕək cuun yoobɑl) — person or party that is consulted
- Korean: 상담가 (sangdamga) — person or party that is consulted
- Korean: 자문 위원 (jamun wiwon) — person or party that is consulted
- Korean: 컨설턴트 (keonseolteonteu) — person or party that is consulted
- Korean: 고문 (gomun) — person or party that is consulted
- Northern Kurdish: şêwirmend — person or party that is consulted
- Kyrgyz: кеңешчи (keŋeşci) — person or party that is consulted
- Kyrgyz: консультант (konsultant) — person or party that is consulted
- Lao: ທີ່ປຶກສາ (thī pưk sā) — person or party that is consulted
- Latvian: konsultants — person or party that is consulted
- Latvian: konsultante — person or party that is consulted
- Latvian: padomnieks — person or party that is consulted
- Latvian: padomniece — person or party that is consulted
- Lithuanian: konsultantas — person or party that is consulted
- Lithuanian: konsultantė — person or party that is consulted
- Lithuanian: patarėjas — person or party that is consulted
- Lithuanian: patarėjė — person or party that is consulted
- Macedonian: консулта́нт (konsultánt) — person or party that is consulted
- Macedonian: консулта́нтка (konsultántka) — person or party that is consulted
- Malay: perunding — person or party that is consulted
- Māori: mātanga — person or party that is consulted
- Māori: mātanga hāpai — person or party that is consulted
- Norman: consultant — person or party that is consulted
- Norwegian Bokmål: rådgiver — person or party that is consulted
- Norwegian Bokmål: konsulent — person or party that is consulted
- Iranian Persian: مُشاوِر (mošâver) — person or party that is consulted
- Iranian Persian: مُسْتَشار (mostašâr) — person or party that is consulted
- Iranian Persian: ناصِح (nâseh) — person or party that is consulted
- Polish: konsultant — person or party that is consulted
- Polish: konsultantka — person or party that is consulted
- Polish: doradca — person or party that is consulted
- Polish: doradczyni — person or party that is consulted
- Portuguese: consultor — person or party that is consulted
- Romanian: consultant — person or party that is consulted
- Romanian: consultantă — person or party that is consulted
- Russian: консульта́нт (konsulʹtánt) — person or party that is consulted
- Russian: консульта́нтка (konsulʹtántka) — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: са́ветнӣк — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: са́вјетнӣк — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: са́ветница — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: са́вјетница — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: sávetnīk — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: sávjetnīk — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: sávetnica — person or party that is consulted
- Serbo-Croatian: sávjetnica — person or party that is consulted
- Slovak: konzultant — person or party that is consulted
- Slovak: konzultantka — person or party that is consulted
- Slovak: poradca — person or party that is consulted
- Slovak: poradkyňa — person or party that is consulted
- Slovene: svetovalec — person or party that is consulted
- Slovene: svetovalka — person or party that is consulted
- Spanish: consultor — person or party that is consulted
- Swedish: konsult — person or party that is consulted
- Tagalog: kasangguni — person or party that is consulted
- Tajik: мушовир (mušovir) — person or party that is consulted
- Tajik: машваратчӣ (mašvaratči) — person or party that is consulted
- Tajik: мусташор (mustašor) — person or party that is consulted
- Tatar: киңәшче (kiñäşçe) — person or party that is consulted
- Thai: ที่ปรึกษา (tîi-bprʉ̀k-sǎa) — person or party that is consulted
- Turkish: danışman — person or party that is consulted
- Turkish: müşavir — person or party that is consulted
- Turkmen: geňeşçi — person or party that is consulted
- Turkmen: maslahatçy — person or party that is consulted
- Ukrainian: консульта́нт (konsulʹtánt) — person or party that is consulted
- Ukrainian: консульта́нтка (konsulʹtántka) — person or party that is consulted
- Urdu: مُشاوِر (muśāvir) — person or party that is consulted
- Urdu: صَلاح کار (salāh kār) — person or party that is consulted
- Urdu: مُسْتَشار (mustaśār) — person or party that is consulted
- Urdu: ناصِح (nāsih) — person or party that is consulted
- Uyghur: مەسلىھەتچى (meslihetchi) — person or party that is consulted
- Uzbek: maslahatchi — person or party that is consulted
- Uzbek: konsultant — person or party that is consulted
- Vietnamese: người tư vấn — person or party that is consulted
- Yiddish: קאָנסולטאַנט (konsultant) — person or party that is consulted
- Zazaki: şewêrmend — person or party that is consulted
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