consultant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
consultant (plural consultants)
- A person or party that is consulted.
- 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.
- (medicine, UK, Ireland) 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.
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Translations[edit]
person or party that is consulted
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Further reading[edit]
- “consultant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References[edit]
consultant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
consultant
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: consultants
Adjective[edit]
consultant (feminine consultante, masculine plural consultants, feminine plural consultantes)
Noun[edit]
consultant m (plural consultants, feminine consultante)
- (archaic) counselee, advisee (person who solicits advice from a professional)
- consultant (person who offers advice in a professional capacity)
Participle[edit]
consultant
Further reading[edit]
- “consultant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈsul.tant/, [kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪än̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈsul.tant/, [konˈsul̪t̪än̪t̪]
Verb[edit]
cōnsultant
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
consultant m (plural consultants)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French consultant.
Noun[edit]
consultant m (plural consultanți)
Declension[edit]
Declension of consultant
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) consultant | consultantul | (niște) consultanți | consultanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) consultant | consultantului | (unor) consultanți | consultanților |
vocative | consultantule | consultanților |
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