consultation

English

Etymology

From Middle French consultation, from Latin consultatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːnsəlˈteɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

consultation (countable and uncountable, plural consultations)

1. the act of consulting
   • 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.

2. a conference for the exchange of information and advice
3. An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

Translations

act of consulting

• Armenian: խորհրդատվություն (hy) (xorhrdatvutʻyun), խորհրդակցություն (hy) (xorhrdakcʻutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: консултация (bg) (konsultacija)
• Catalan: consulta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會診／会诊 (zh) (huìzhěn), 会诊 (zh) (huìzhěn), 磋商 (zh) (cuōshāng), 諮詢／谘询 (zh) (zīxún), 谘询 (zh) (zīxún)

• Dutch: consultatie (nl) f, samenspraak (nl)
• Finnish: konsultaatio (fi), neuvonpito (fi), neuvottelu (fi)
• French: consultation (fr) f
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• German: Beratung (de) f, Konsultation (de) f
• Javanese: sarawèdi (jv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konsultasjon m

  Nynorsk: konsultasjon m

• Portuguese: consulta (pt)
• Romanian: consultare (ro) f, consultație (ro) f
• Russian: консульта́ция (ru) f (konsulʹtácija)
• Spanish: consulta (es) f
• Swedish: samhälle (sv) n

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

consultation f (plural consultations)

1. consultation, consulting
2. survey, poll

Further reading

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