consultant

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsʌltənt/

Noun

consultant (plural consultants)

1. a person or party that is consulted
2. a person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted

Related terms

• consult
• consultancy
• consultation
• consultative
• consulter

 

Translations

person or party that is consulted

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顧問／顾问 (zh) (gùwèn), 顾问 (zh) (gùwèn)

• Czech: konzultant (cs) m
• Danish: konsulent (da) c
• Finnish: konsultti (fi)
• French: consultant (fr) m, consultante (fr) f
• German: Berater (de) m, Beraterin (de) f
• Hebrew: יוֹעֵץ m (yo'éts)
• Hungarian: tanácsadó (hu)
• Italian: consulente (it) m
• Japanese: 顧問 (ja) (こもん, komon), 相談役 (そうだんやく, sōdan'yaku), コンサルタント (ja) (konsarutanto)
• Korean: 상담가 (sangdamga) (相談家 (sangdamga)), 자문 위원 (jamun wiwon) (諮問 委員 (jamun wiwon)), 컨설턴트 (keonseolteonteu)
• Kurdish:
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• Maori: mātanga, mātanga hāpai
• Norman: consultant m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rådgiver (no) m

• Portuguese: consultor (pt) m
• Romanian: consultant (ro) m, consultantă (ro) f
• Russian: консульта́нт (ru) m (konsulʹtánt), консульта́нтка (ru) f (konsulʹtántka)
• Spanish: consultor m
• Swedish: konsult (sv) c
• Tagalog: kasangguni
• Turkish: danışman (tr), müşavir (tr)
• Zazaki: şewêrmend m

Further reading

• “consultant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “consultant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

References

• consultant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.sulˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kon.sulˈtant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

consultant

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃/
• Homophone: consultants

Adjective

consultant (feminine consultante, masculine plural consultants, feminine plural consultantes)

1. consulting

Noun

consultant m (plural consultants, feminine consultante)

1. consultant

Verb

consultant

1. present participle of consulter

Further reading

• “consultant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.tant/, [kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪än̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.tant/, [konˈsul̪t̪än̪t̪]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cōnsultant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of cōnsultō

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

consultant m (plural consultants)

1. (Jersey) consultant