consul

See also cónsul, and cônsul

English

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Etymology

From Latin cōnsul.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒn.səl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑn.səl/

Noun

consul (plural consuls)

1. An official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.
2. (historical) Either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman Republic.
3. (historical) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804.
4. (obsolete) A senator; a counsellor.
   • Shakespeare

     Many of the consuls, raised and met, / Are at the duke's already.

   • Bible, Job. iii. 14 (Douay version)

     With kings and consuls of the earth.

Derived terms

• consul general
• vice-consul

Related terms

• consular
• consulate

Translations

official who protects the interests of citizens

• Arabic: قنصل (ar) (qúnsul) m
• Armenian: հյուպատոս (hy) (hyupatos), հյուպատոս (hy) (hyupatos)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 領事 (cmn), 领事 (cmn) (lǐngshì)

• Czech: konzul (cs) m
• Dutch: consul (nl) m
• Esperanto: konsulo (eo)
• Finnish: konsuli (fi)
• French: consul (fr) m
• German: Konsul (de) m
• Hebrew: קונסול (he) (qonsul), קונסולית (he) (qonsulit) f

• Hungarian: konzul (hu)
• Icelandic: konsúll (is) m, ræðismaður (is) m
• Ido: konsulo (io)
• Japanese: 領事 (ja) (りょうじ, ryōji)
• Korean: 영사 (ko) (yeongsa) (領事 (ko))
• Macedonian: конзул (mk) (kónzul) m
• Portuguese: cônsul (pt) m
• Romanian: consul (ro) m
• Russian: консул (ru) (kónsul) m
• Spanish: cónsul (es) m and f
• Turkish: konsolos (tr)

either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic

• Latin: cōnsul (la) m
• Portuguese: cônsul (pt) m

• Romanian: consul (ro) m
• Russian: консул (ru) (kónsul) m

See also

• ambassador

Anagrams

• clonus
• cluons

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔnzʏl/

Noun

consul c (plural consuls)

1. consul (official in foreign country)
2. (historical) consul (of the Roman Republic)

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French

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Etymology

From Latin cōnsul.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.syl/

Noun

consul m (plural consuls; feminine consule, plural consules)

1. (historical) consul (Roman official)

Related terms

• consulaire
• consulat

Anagrams

• culons

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin cōnsul (“consul”).

Noun

consul m (plural consuls)

1. consul

Related terms

• consulat (“consulate”)

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Latin

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Bas-relief of Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (consul 517 AD) in consular garb.

Etymology

Maybe related with the Latin verb consulere but details are not clear.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkoːn.sul/

Noun

cōnsul (genitive cōnsulis); m, third declension

1. consul; either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic, elected annually
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?

     "Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!"

2. a proconsul
3. the highest magistrate in other states
4. an epithet of the god Jupiter

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cōnsul	cōnsulēs
genitive	cōnsulis	cōnsulum
dative	cōnsulī	cōnsulibus
accusative	cōnsulem	cōnsulēs
ablative	cōnsule	cōnsulibus
vocative	cōnsul	cōnsulēs

Derived terms

cōnsulāris cōnsulāritās cōnsulāriter cōnsulārius

cōnsulātus prōcōnsul prōcōnsulāris prōcōnsulātus

Related terms

cōnsulō cōnsultātiō cōnsultātor cōnsultātum

cōnsultē cōnsultō cōnsultum cōnsultus

Descendants

English: consul French: consul German: Konsul Italian: console

Portuguese: cônsul Russian: консул (konsul) Spanish: cónsul Swedish: konsul

See also

• Roman consul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Roman consul

References

• consul in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879