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consort

French, noun/kɔ̃.sɔʁ/

consort is spelled C-O-N-S-O-R-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consort is a French feminine noun meaning “consort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Époux ou épouse d’un chef d’État ou de territoire”.

What does consort mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineconsort

  2. 2

    feminineminions, associates; the like, their ilk

    Facebook, Myspace et consorts.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui partage le sort. Il ne se dit plus que de l’époux ou l’épouse d’un chef d’État.

noun: 1. Époux ou épouse d’un chef d’État ou de territoire. 2. Celui ou ceux qui ont un intérêt avec quelqu’un dans un procès, dans une affaire civile, etc. 3. Ceux qui sont liés à un chef de parti, de cabale. 4. Le semblable, l’homologue d’une personne ou d’une entité.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of consort

  • consorts plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce consort?

  • /kɔ̃.sɔʁ/
  • \kɔ̃.sɔʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to consort

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is consort in French?

consort appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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