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consort

/kənˈsɔːt/kuhn-SAWRT
/kənˈsɔɹt/kuhn-SAWRT

Meaninga partner sharing one's lot

Common meaning: a partner

Other meanings: to keep company

‘with, together’ + ‘a lot drawn’ → consort

Journey through time

  1. Latinsors, sortis‘a lot drawn’
  2. Englishconsort‘a partner’ · today

con- also in: convexconveyconcaveconcealconcede

sort also in: sortassort

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin sors ‘a lot drawn; one's share’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sors, p. 1732 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

assortsort

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