consultation

English

Etymology

From Middle French consultation, from Latin consultatio. Morphologically consult +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsl̩ˈteɪʃən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑnsl̩ˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: con‧sul‧ta‧tion

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:

     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.
   • 1974 April 6, Linda Thurston, “U.S. Civil Rights Conference--Heterosexuals Only”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     Last month I went to a "consultation" on racism and sexism sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It was the first of a series of five conferences designed to bring people together fighting racism and sexiam ^[sic] to discuss […]

3. An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

Derived terms

• consultational
• interconsultation
• postconsultation
• preconsultation
• reconsultation
• teleconsultation
• videoconsultation

Translations

act of consulting

Arabic: مُشَاوَرَة f (mušāwara), اِسْتِشَارَة f (istišāra), مُدَاوَلَة f (mudāwala) Armenian: խորհրդատվություն (hy) (xorhrdatvutʻyun) Azerbaijani: məsləhətləşmə, müşavirə (az), konsultasiya Belarusian: кансульта́цыя f (kansulʹtácyja) Bulgarian: консулта́ция (bg) f (konsultácija) Catalan: consulta (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 會診 / 会诊 (zh) (huìzhěn), 磋商 (zh) (cuōshāng), 諮詢 / 谘询 (zh) (zīxún) Czech: konzultace (cs) f Danish: konsultation (da) c Dutch: consultatie (nl) f, samenspraak (nl) Estonian: konsultatsioon (et), nõupidamine Finnish: konsultaatio (fi), neuvonpito (fi), neuvottelu (fi) French: consultation (fr) f Georgian: კონსულტაცია (ḳonsulṭacia) German: Beratung (de) f, Konsultation (de) f Greek: διαβούλευση (el) f (diavoúlefsi) Hindi: परामर्श (hi) m (parāmarś), मशविरा (hi) m (maśvirā) Hungarian: konzultáció (hu), tanácskozás (hu) Indonesian: konsultasi (id) Italian: consultazione (it) f Japanese: 相談 (ja) (そうだん, sōdan), 協議 (ja) (きょうぎ, kyōgi), 商議 (ja) (しょうぎ, shōgi) Javanese: sarawèdi (jv) Kazakh: мәслихат (mäslixat) Korean: 협의 (ko) (hyeobui), 상의 (ko) (sang'ui), 상담 (ko) (sangdam) Kyrgyz: консультация (konsultatsiya) Latvian: konsultācija f Lithuanian: konsultacija f Macedonian: консултација f (konsultacija) Norwegian: Bokmål: konsultasjon m Nynorsk: konsultasjon m Ottoman Turkish: مشورت (meşveret), قونسولتو (konsolto) Persian: مشاوره (fa) (mošâvere), مشورت (fa) (mašvarat), مصلحت (fa) (maslahat) Polish: konsultacja (pl) f Portuguese: consulta (pt) Romanian: consultare (ro) f, consultație (ro) f Russian: консульта́ция (ru) f (konsulʹtácija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: конзулта́ција f Roman: konzultácija (sh) f Slovak: konzultácia f Slovene: konzultacija f Spanish: consulta (es) f Swedish: samhälle (sv) n, konsultation (sv) c Tajik: машварат (mašvarat), маслиҳат (tg) (maslihat) Thai: การปรึกษา (th) (gaan-bprʉ̀k-sǎa), การหารือ (th) (gaan-hǎa-rʉʉ) Turkish: meşveret (tr), müşavere (tr), konsültasyon (tr) Ukrainian: консульта́ція f (konsulʹtácija) Urdu: مصلحت f (maslahat), مشورت f (maśvarat), مشورہ m (maśvirā) Uzbek: maslahat (uz), mashvarat (uz), konsultatsiya (uz) Vietnamese: sự tham khảo (vi)

a conference for the exchange of information and advice

Ottoman Turkish: مشورت (meşveret), قونسولتو (konsolto) Spanish: consultación f

French

Etymology

From Latin cōnsultātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.syl.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

consultation f (plural consultations)

1. consultation, consulting
2. survey, poll

Related terms

• consulter

Further reading

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