Consort

Definition: Consort

Consort

Noun

1. The husband or wife of a reigning monarch.

2. A family of similar musical instrument playing together.

Verb

1. Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues".

2. Go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded".

3. Keep company; of male animals.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "consort" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Consort \Con*sort"\ (k[o^]n*s[^o]rt"), intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Consorted; Consorting.]. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CONSORT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Consort

Accompaniment

Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute.

Agreement

Verb: be accordant; Adjective: agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate.

Marriage

Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife.

Sociality

Verb: be sociable; Adjective: know; be acquainted; Adjective: associate with, sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make acquaintance with; (friendship); make advances, fraternize, embrace.

Crosswords: Consort

French (consort), Romanian (consort).

Our son cannot consort with such a girl (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

Now you are my consort. (Queen of the Damned; writing credit: Scott Abbott)

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Books

• Broken Consort (Cloak and Dagger Large Print Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• John Jenkins and His Time: Studies in English Consort Music (reference)

• Tara's Consort (reference)

• The Albert Memorial: The Prince Consort National Memorial: Its History, Contests, and Conservation (reference)

• The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Handel - Messiah / Cleobury, Dawson, Summers, Brandenburg Consort (reference)

• Canyon Consort (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Handel - Israel in Egypt / Bostridge, Chance, Gritton, Varcoe, King's College Choir, The Brandenburg Consort, Cleobury (reference)

• Spirit Feathers/Mesa Music Consort (reference)

• Sonoran Consort (reference)

• Taverner Consort & Players: Magnificat in D (reference)

• A Trip To Killburn - Playford Tunes And Their Ballads / The Baltimore Consort (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Mrs. Rachel Jackson, late consort to Andrew Jackson, President of the U. States. Credit: Library of Congress.

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To consort with attorneys, to attend courts, to hunt up cases, was wearisome

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Expressions using "consort": consort with ♦ consort with smb. ♦ prince consort ♦ queen consort. Additional references.

Ending with "consort": King-consort.

Albanian

shoqërohem (associate, deal, forgather, hobnob, join, mingle), jam në harmoni, bashkëshorte (wife, yokefellow, yokemate), bashkëshort (husband, partner, spouse, yokefellow, yokemate), anije shoqëruese (convoy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قرين, ‏تناغم الأصوات (consonance), ‏سفينة مرافقة, ‏زوجة (lady, partner, squaw, wife, woman), ‏زوج (couple, dyad, espouse, give in marriage, husband, marry, pair, partner, stud, wed), ‏إنسجم (blend, chime, concord, correspond, get along with, harmonize, mesh, square, tone), ‏رفيق (associate, billyboy, boy friend, brush, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, escort, familiar, fellow, friend, helpmate, lenient, mate, pal, pard, partner, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow), ‏شريك (associate, confederate, copartner, partner, silent partner). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съгласие (accord, accordance, agreement, approval, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consent, consonance, fiat, grant, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, unity, yea, yes), съпруга (better half, companion, lady, mate, spouse, uxor, wife, woman), съпруг (companion, helpmate, hub, husband, man, mate, partner, spouse), кораб който придружава друг, общувам (associate, assort, converse, fraternize, intercommunicate, intermingle, know, mate, mingle, mix, mix up, socialize, sort). (various references)

Chinese 

配偶 (mate, spouse). (various references)

Czech

stýkat se s kým (consort with smb., go round with smb.), spolèovat se s kým (consort with smb.), bratříèkovat se s kým (consort with smb.). (various references)

Farsi 

مصاحب (Fere), همسر (Associate, Fere, Helpmate, Match, Mate, Partner, Spouse), هم نشین شدن (Assort), جورکردن (Accord, Adapt, Assort, Concert, Lot, Sort, Suit), شریک (Associate, Complier, Copartner, Half, Joint, Pal, Participant, Partner, Sharer, Yokefellow). (various references)

Finnish

puoliso (husband, spouse, wife). (various references)

French

consort, camarade (companion, comrade), petit ensemble, époux (couple), épouse. (various references)

German

verkehren (associate, concern, fly, haunt, have intercourse, operate, relate, run, to consort). (various references)

Greek 

σύντροφοσ (associate, buddy, chum, companion, crony, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, pal, partner, sidekick, yokefellow), σύζυγοσ (beloved, hubby, husband, spouse, wife), συνεταιρίζομαι (associate), συνδέομαι (ally, associate, be connected, cling, connect, federate, get through, get through to, syndicate, tie in with). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תחבר עם (team up with), ש�'ל (concubine, mistress, paramour, wife, woman), בת זו�' (mate, partner, spouse, wife), ספי� ת לווי. (various references)

Hungarian

házastárs (better half, spouse, yoke-fellow), kísérőhajó (convoy), hitvestárs (helpmate, helpmeet), hitves (spouse, wife, wives). (various references)

Indonesian

suami (husband), istri (wife). (various references)

Italian

consorte (husband, spouse), coniuge (husband, mate, spouse), compagno (attendant, buddy, chum, companion, Comrade, fellow, helpmate, match, mate, partner), circolare (circle, circular, circulate, current, flow, gyratory, round, run), accompagnarsi (fit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

妃 (princess). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひ (blaze, cost, day, expense, faulty-, fire, flame, hail, ice, light, negation, no, non-, princess, proportion, ratio, rook, spoon, sun, sunlight, sunshine, the noes, wicked person). (various references)

Manx

sheshey (cohort, colleague, companion, fellow, husband, match, mate, partner, spouse), sheshaght chiaullee (choir, chorus), freayll sheshaght rish (accompany, associate). (various references)

Pig Latin

onsortcay.(various references)

Portuguese

consorte (partner, yokefellow, yokemate), consorciar, cônjuge (husband, marrow, marrow squash, partner, spouse), ligar-se a (cling, pal), harmonizar-se (consist, cotton), andar com, acompanhar (accompany, accompanying, carry, chaperon, coddle, companion, escort, follow, go along, go along with, keep up with, mark, marshal, pilot, see, squire, take, walk one up). (various references)

Romanian

consort, consoartã (rib, spouse), vas de escortã, soţie (feme, goodwife, helpmate, partner, rib, spouse, wife, yoke fellow), soţ (companion, goodman, helpmate, hubby, husband, man, partner, spouse, yoke fellow), se armoniza (chime, harmonize, tone), însoţitor (accompanying, attendant, companion, concomitant, conductor, mate, porter, squire), însoţi (accompany, annex, attend, chaperon, escort, follow, gallant, go with, see, see off, take, usher). (various references)

Russian 

гармонировать (belong together, harmonize, tone). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

supruga monarha, suprug monarha, ortak (associate, bedfellow, buddy buddy, cohort, fellow, mac, partner, yokefellow, yokemate), opštiti, družiti se (associate with, hob-nob), brod pratilac. (various references)

Spanish

consorte. (various references)

Swedish

gemål (Lord, spouse). (various references)

Turkish

yoldaş (companion, Comrade, fellow), uymak (abide by, accommodate oneself, accord, adapt, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, correlate, correspond, defer, do, do for, fall with, fit, follow, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, mate, obey, observe, pertain, quadrate, respect, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), refakâtçi gemi, refakât etmek (accompany, attend on smb., companion, convoy, escort, squire, wait on, wait upon), hayatını paylaşmak, eseri ortaya koyan sanatçı grubu, eşlik etmek (accompany, attend, come along, companion, convoy, escort, go along, go with, herd, keep smb. company, wait on, wait upon, walk), eş (better half, coequal, companion, compeer, correspondent, corresponding, counterpart, couple, doublet, duplicate, dutch, equal, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, husband, identic, identical, iso-, lady, like, match, matching, mate, old lady, old man, old woman, one of a pair, pair, Parti, partner, placenta, spousal, spouse, the missis, the old woman, wife), birlikte vakit geçirmek, bağdaşmak (accord, agree, comport, reach an agreement, Square, square with), arkadaşlık etmek (associate, be friends with, companion), çok sanatçılı gösteri. (various references)

Ukrainian

спілкуватися (associate, commune, communicate, company, converse, intercommunicate, intermingle, mate, mingle, socialize), чоловік (he, him, husband, male, man, masculine, mate, spouse), подружжя (pair), дружина (lady, missis, missus, moiety, spouse, wife, yoke fellow, yoke mate). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ch�"ng (mate, pile). (various references)

coniuge, coniugem, coniuges, coniugibus, coniugium, coniugum, coniux, conjux. (various references)

consort. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "consort": consorted, consortia, consorting, consortium, consortiums, consorts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Consort" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bonsford, concort, Condoratt, conforrt, Confort, Conholt, conjort, conort, Consagra, consarn, consat, conser, conso, consotr, consour, constr, convort, conwort, Cossor, Cusforth, Mosport. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: crotons.

-1 letter: contos, croons, croton, nostoc.

-2 letters: conto, coons, coots, corns, croon, roost, roots, rotos, scoot, scorn, snoot, snort, toons, torcs, toros, torso.

-3 letters: cons, coon, coos, coot, corn, cors, cost, cots, onto, oots, orcs, orts, rocs, root, roto, rots, scot, snot, soon, soot, sorn, sort, tons, toon, torc, torn, toro, tors.

-4 letters: con, coo, cor.

+1 letter: cartoons, consorts, contorts, contours, controls, corantos, cornutos, coronets, croutons, ostracon, outscorn, torchons.

+2 letters: acrodonts, colorants, concertos, confronts, consorted, consortia, consultor, copatrons, corantoes, coronates, corposant, cortisone, courantos, creodonts, crosstown, cryotrons, monocrats, nonactors, octoroons, orthicons, outscorns, stonecrop.

+3 letters: astronomic, cartoonish, cartoonist, centrosome, coinvestor, concocters, concordats, conductors, confiteors, conformist, connectors, consistory, consorting, consortium, consultors, contemnors, contraltos, convectors, convertors, cormorants, corposants, cortisones, courantoes, creosoting, cyclotrons, decontrols, entoprocts, microtones, moonstruck, neotropics, nondoctors, nonfactors, nonvectors, notochords, octonaries, outscoring, outscorned, overcounts, prognostic, recontours, stonecrops, syncopator.