consortium

English

Etymology

From Latin consortio ("bound destiny; the same destiny") prefix con- "with" + noun sortitus ("casting lots", "decide by lots").

Noun

Wikipedia consortium (plural consortia or consortiums)

1. An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
2. A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
3. An association or society.
4. (law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.

Translations

association or combination of businesses

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 企業聯盟 (cmn), 企业联盟 (cmn) (qǐyè liánméng), 聯盟 (cmn), 联盟 (cmn) (liánméng)

• Dutch: consortium (nl) n
• Finnish: konsortio (fi)
• French: consortium (fr) m
• German: Konsortium (de) n

• Hungarian: konzorcium (hu)
• Japanese: コンソーシアム (ja) (konsōshiamu)
• Manx: co-heshaght argidagh (gv) f
• Norwegian: konsortium (no) n
• Russian: консорциум (ru) (konsórcium) m
• Turkish: birliktelik (tr)

similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions

• Finnish: konsortio (fi)

association or society

legal right

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Latin

Adjective

consortium

1. genitive masculine plural of consors
2. genitive feminine plural of consors
3. genitive neuter plural of consors