Word Frequency
consort
Definitions
verb
(kənˈsɔːt
) - intr usually foll by with to keep company (with undesirable people); associate
- intr to agree or harmonize
- tr (rare) to combine or unite
noun
(ˈkɒnsɔːt
) - (esp formerly)
- a small group of instruments, either of the same type, such as viols, (a whole consort) or of different types (a broken consort)
- (as modifier) ⇒
consort music
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- a partner or companion, esp a husband or wife
- a ship that escorts another
- (obsolete)
- companionship or association
- agreement or accord
Derived Forms
conˈsortable adjectiveconˈsorter noun
Word Origin
C15: from Old French, from Latin consors sharer, partner, from sors lot, fate, portionSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = associate with, mix with, mingle with, hang with, go around with, keep company with, fraternize with, hang about, around or out with
Translations for 'consort'
- British English: consort If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing. VERBHe had been recalled for consorting with revolutionaries.to consort with sb
- Brazilian Portuguese: colaborar
- Chinese: 与...来往与與...来來往
- European Spanish: confraternizar
- French: frayer
- German: verkehren mit
- Italian: associarsi
- Japanese: >交際する悪い人と
- Korean: >어울리다남들이 좋지 않게 생각하는 사람들과
- Portuguese: colaborar
- Spanish: confraternizar
Example Sentences Including 'consort'
"It's okay if hubby Himalaya Dassani does not play screen consort.India Today (2002)
' That may be so, but Mrs Blair's attitude to money since becoming the consort would make many battlers blush.The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2005)
A quarter believed she should be given some royal title with 19 per cent favouring "official royal consort ".Irish Times (2002)
Adrina is the eldest daughter of King Hablet, and as such, is an eminently qualified consort.TREASON KEEP (2001)
Her consort had to be at least a Prince or a Prince-in-training.Iced
However, his pride and ambition to be elevated to the role of princely consort got the better of his caution.ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)
Margaret was to go on to have relationships and friendships with men who did not fit the usual profile of a royal consort.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
She left Oxford and became the consort of Dr Charles Lane, a molecular biologist.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
She strenuously denied that: human society was something she wanted to escape from, not consort with.The Innocents at Home (A Superintendent Kenworthy novel)
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