Meanings
nounconsortium (plural consortia or consortiums)
plural consortia · plural consortiums
- An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
- A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-
- Proto-Indo-European*sértis
- Proto-Italic*sortis
- Latinsors
- Latincōnsors
- Latincōnsortium
- Englishconsortium
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِتِّحَاد مَالِيّ, اِئْتِلَاف شَرِكَات
- اِتِّحَاد مَالِيّ (ittiḥād māliyy)association or combination of businesses
- اِئْتِلَاف شَرِكَات (iʔtilāf šarikāt)association or combination of businesses
Bulgarian консо́рциум
- консо́рциум (konsórcium)association or combination of businesses
Catalan consorci
- consorciassociation or combination of businesses
Chinese Mandarin 企業聯盟 /企业联盟, 財團 /财团
- 企業聯盟 /企业联盟 (qǐyè liánméng)association or combination of businesses
- 財團 /财团 (cáituán)association or combination of businesses
- 聯盟 /联盟 (liánméng)association or combination of businesses
- 聯盟 /联盟 (liánméng)similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Czech konsorcium
- konsorciumassociation or combination of businesses
Danish konsortium
- konsortiumassociation or combination of businesses
Dutch consortium
- consortiumassociation or combination of businesses
Estonian konsortsium
- konsortsiumassociation or combination of businesses
Finnish yhtymä, yhteenliittymä
- yhtymäassociation or combination of businesses
- yhteenliittymäassociation or combination of businesses
- konsortioassociation or combination of businesses
- yhdistyssimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- liittosimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- yhteenliittymäsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- yhtymäsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- konsortiosimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- yhdistysassociation or society
- seuraassociation or society
- puolison oikeus toisen kumppanuuteenlegal right
French consortium, consortium
- consortiumassociation or combination of businesses
- consortiumsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- consortiumassociation or society
German Konsortium, Kooperation
- Konsortiumassociation or combination of businesses
- Kooperationassociation or combination of businesses
- Interessenverbandsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- Interessengemeinschaftsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- Arbeitsgemeinschaftsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- Bundassociation or society
- Verbandassociation or society
- Gesellschaftassociation or society
- eheliches Rechtlegal right
Greek κονσόρτσιουμ
- κονσόρτσιουμ (konsórtsioum)association or combination of businesses
Hungarian konzorcium
- konzorciumassociation or combination of businesses
Indonesian konsorsium, konsorsium
- konsorsiumassociation or combination of businesses
- konsorsiumsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Italian consorzio
- consorzioassociation or combination of businesses
Japanese コンソーシアム
- コンソーシアム (konsōshiamu)association or combination of businesses
Korean 연합체, 컨소시엄
- 연합체 (yeonhapche)association or combination of businesses
- 컨소시엄 (keonsosieom)association or combination of businesses
Latin consortium, consortium
- consortiumassociation or combination of businesses
- consortiumsimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
Latvian konsorcijs
- konsorcijsassociation or combination of businesses
Lithuanian konsorciumas
- konsorciumasassociation or combination of businesses
Malay konsortium
- konsortiumassociation or combination of businesses
Māori tōpūtanga
- tōpūtangaassociation or combination of businesses
Norwegian Bokmål konsortium
- konsortiumassociation or combination of businesses
Persian کُنسُرسیوم
- کُنسُرسیوم (konsorsyum)association or combination of businesses
Polish konsorcjum
- konsorcjumassociation or combination of businesses
Portuguese consórcio, consórcio
- consórcioassociation or combination of businesses
- consórciosimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- associaçãosimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- associaçãoassociation or society
Romanian consorțiu
- consorțiuassociation or combination of businesses
Russian консо́рциум
- консо́рциум (konsórcium)association or combination of businesses
Slovak konzorcium
- konzorciumassociation or combination of businesses
Spanish consorcio, consorcio
- consorcioassociation or combination of businesses
- consorciosimilar arrangement among non-commercial institutions
- consorcioassociation or society
- asociaciónassociation or society
Swedish konsortium
- konsortiumassociation or combination of businesses
Turkish birliktelik, konsorsiyum
- birliktelikassociation or combination of businesses
- konsorsiyumassociation or combination of businesses
Ukrainian консо́рціум
- консо́рціум (konsórcium)association or combination of businesses
Vietnamese côngxoocxiom, công-xoóc-xi-om
- côngxoocxiomassociation or combination of businesses
- công-xoóc-xi-omassociation or combination of businesses
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APA
consortium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consortium
MLA
“consortium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consortium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consortium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consortium.
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