consell

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnsilium (compare Occitan conselh, French conseil, Spanish consejo). Possibly confused with or influenced by Latin concilium (council) (whence Catalan concili was borrowed), although cōnsilium also had the sense of "council", "consultative assembly" or "advisory body".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kunˈsɛʎ]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [konˈsəʎ]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [konˈseʎ]
  • (file)

Noun

consell m (plural consells)

  1. advice, counsel
  2. council
  3. board (advisory board)

Derived terms

References

  1. consell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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