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English
Etymology
From Middle French consultation, from Latin consultatio.
Morphologically consult + -ation
Pronunciation
Noun
consultation (countable and uncountable, plural consultations)
- 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.
- 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 to discuss […]
- An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
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: 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)
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French
Etymology
From Latin cōnsultātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
consultation f (plural consultations)
- consultation, consulting
- survey, poll
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