consortium

Borrowed from Latin consortium, from consors, consortis.

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɔː(ɹ).ʃəm/, /kənˈsɔː(ɹ).ti.əm/

consortium (plural consortia or consortiums)

1. An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
2. A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
3. An association or society.
4. (law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
5. (biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.

• consort

Borrowed from Latin consortium, from consors, consortis.

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consortium m (plural consortiums)

1. consortium (association, arrangement)
2. cartel

• consortial

• consort

consortium

1. genitive masculine plural of consors
2. genitive feminine plural of consors
3. genitive neuter plural of consors

• consortium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• consortium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consortium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• consortium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette