English Explanatory Dictionary

consulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
  2. The office of a consul, in its various senses.
  3. The term of office of a consul.
  4. The business office of a consul; a minor embassy.
  5. Any town or city council.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒnsjʊlət/ /ˈkɒnsələt/ /ˈkɑnsəlɪt/ /ˈkɑnsələt/ En-us-consulate.ogg

Word forms

consulate consulates

Etymology

From Middle English consulat, consulate, from Latin consulātus, from consul + -ātus. In some senses, via French consulat. By surface analysis, consul + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Synonyms

capitoulate consulship

Related words

consul embassy

Derived words

consulate general honorary consulate

Translations

Afrikaans: konsulaat Albanian: konsullatë Arabic: قُنْصُلِيَّة Armenian: հյուպատոսություն Asturian: consuláu Azerbaijani: konsulxana Belarusian: ко́нсульства Bengali: বাণিজ্যদূতাবাস Bulgarian: ко́нсулство Burmese: ကောင်စစ်ဝန်ရုံး Catalan: consolat Chinese Mandarin: 使館 /使馆 Chinese Mandarin: 領事館 /领事馆 Czech: konzulát Danish: konsulat Dutch: consulaat Esperanto: konsulejo Estonian: konsulaat Finnish: konsulaatti French: consulat Galician: consulado Georgian: საკონსულო German: Konsulat Greek: προξενείο Hebrew: קוֹנְסוּלְיָה Hindi: वाणिज्य दूतावास Hindi: कांसुलेट Hungarian: konzulátus Icelandic: ræðisskrifstofa Icelandic: konsúlat Indonesian: konsulat Irish: consalacht Italian: consolato Japanese: 領事館 Kazakh: консулдық Khmer: ស្ថានកុងស៊ុល Korean: 영사관 Kyrgyz: консульство Lao: ສະຖານກົງສຸນ Latvian: konsulāts Lithuanian: konsulatas Macedonian: конзула́т Macedonian: конзулство Malay: konsulat
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