concert

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto. Doublet of concerto.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜːt/
  • (US) enPR: kənsûrtʹ, IPA^(key): /kənˈsɝt/
• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnsət/
  • (US) enPR: känʹsərt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɚt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t, -ɒnsə(ɹ)t

Verb

concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)

1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
3. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

Translations

Noun

concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)

1. (uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
2. (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

   Synonym: gig

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: コンサート (konsāto)
• → Korean: 콘서트 (konseoteu)
• → Thai: คอนเสิร์ต (kɔɔn-sə̀ət)

Translations

Further reading

• Concert in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertista

Related terms

• concertar

Further reading

• “concert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “concert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “concert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “concert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈsɛrt/
• Hyphenation: con‧cert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt

Noun

concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertgebouw
• concertmeester
• concertzaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konsert
• → Indonesian: konser
• → Papiamentu: kònsèrt
• → West Frisian: konsert

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ/

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Dutch: concert
• → English: concert
• → Romanian: concert
• → Persian: کنسرت (konsert)
• → Turkish: konser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• concret

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert.

Pronunciation

Noun

concert n (plural concerte)

1. concert

Declension