council en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- kounʹ-səl
- /ˈkuːn.səl/ (Northumbria)
- /ˈkaʊn.səl/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English counseil (“meeting, conference, commune”), from Old French conseil (“advice, deliberation, thought”), from Latin cōnsilium (“plan, intention, design, purpose”), from cōnsulō (“consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from, deliberate, reflect”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“take, grab”).
Meanings
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A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
- (UK, metonymically) A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). ▸ A local authority.
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Discussion or deliberation.
O great in action and in council wise.
1715–1720, Homer, “Book IV”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;
2008 [1667], John Milton, chapter 6, in W. Kerrigan, J. Rumrich, S. Fallon, editors, Paradise Lost (Modern Library Classics) (poetry), Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 212, lines 414–416:
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for church council
alt of church council
the First Council of Nicaea
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| councils | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Council Bluffs · order of council · councilor · anticouncil · canine council · privy council · minority council · councilmember · local council · councilman · subcouncil · kennel council · council housing estate · councilmate · council house · councillor · council communism · unitary council · councilist · domestic policy council · mayor-council · Hebdomadal Council · county council · plenary council · Council Grove · council tax · particular council · council area · council housing · afforced council · parish council · spokescouncil · intercouncil · student council · Whitley council · council of war · town council · councilperson · councilism · provincial council · order-in-council · works council · council-housed · church council · federal council · Security Council · councilwoman · governor-general-in-council · city council · ecumenical council · parochial church council · council pop · borough council · order in council · council estate · district council
Hyponyms
community council · parochial church council · district council · ecumenical council · minority council · supercouncil · spokescouncil · town council · Whitley council · parish council · domestic policy council · federal council · privy council · afforced council · kennel council · county council · subcouncil · church council · works council · city council · unitary council · council of war · local council · borough council · soviet · canine council · student council
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Translations (145)
mt kunsill (committee that leads or governs) · orv вѣче (committee that leads or governs) · ug кеңәш (committee that leads or governs) · be ра́да (committee that leads or governs) · orv съвѣтъ (committee that leads or governs) · tg маҷлис (committee that leads or governs) · hu tanács (committee that leads or governs) · eo konsilio (committee that leads or governs) · ur مَجْلِس (committee that leads or governs) · sk rada (committee that leads or governs) · ang gaderung (committee that leads or governs) · lv padome (committee that leads or governs) · scn cunzigghiu (committee that leads or governs) · sv styrelse (committee that leads or governs) · ast conceyu (committee that leads or governs) · el συμβούλιο (committee that leads or governs) · ur اَنْجُمَنْ (committee that leads or governs) · sh véće (committee that leads or governs) · is ráð (committee that leads or governs) · scn junta (committee that leads or governs) · sq këshill (committee that leads or governs) · ps شورا (committee that leads or governs) · ms dewan (committee that leads or governs) · tr konsey (committee that leads or governs) · km សភា (committee that leads or governs) · ko 이사회 (committee that leads or governs) · ha majalisa (committee that leads or governs) · ckb ئەنجومەن (committee that leads or governs) · id konsil (committee that leads or governs) · hi मजलिस (committee that leads or governs) · fa-ira مَجْلِس (committee that leads or governs) · sv råd (committee that leads or governs) · txb wertsiya (committee that leads or governs) · ka საბჭო (committee that leads or governs) · ar مَجْمَع (committee that leads or governs) · ps مجلس (committee that leads or governs) · fa-ira شُورا (committee that leads or governs) · nb råd (committee that leads or governs) · lo ສະພາ (committee that leads or governs) · roa-ole conceio (committee that leads or governs) · nrf conseil (committee that leads or governs) · id dewan (committee that leads or governs) · th สภา (committee that leads or governs) · uga 𐎔𐎃𐎗 (committee that leads or governs) · ja 協議会 (committee that leads or governs) · sl svet (committee that leads or governs) · ota مشورت (committee that leads or governs) · fi valtuusto (committee that leads or governs) · sh sávet (committee that leads or governs) · ru сове́т (committee that leads or governs) · mn зөвлөл (committee that leads or governs) · kw konsel (committee that leads or governs) · sh sávjet (committee that leads or governs) · roa-ole concello (committee that leads or governs) · kaa keńes (committee that leads or governs) · ang ġemōt (committee that leads or governs) · cmn 委員會 /委员会 (committee that leads or governs) · yi ראָט (committee that leads or governs) · tk mejlis (committee that leads or governs) · udm кенеш (committee that leads or governs) · kk мәжіліс (committee that leads or governs) · ur کَونْسِل (committee that leads or governs) · ms majlis (committee that leads or governs) · bg съве́т (committee that leads or governs) · uk ра́да (committee that leads or governs) · vi hội đồng (committee that leads or governs) · ug كېڭەش (committee that leads or governs) · mk совет (committee that leads or governs) · prs شُورَا (committee that leads or governs) · pt conselho (committee that leads or governs) · kjh чӧп (committee that leads or governs) · cy cyngor (committee that leads or governs) · es concejo (committee that leads or governs) · tl sanggunian (committee that leads or governs) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 (committee that leads or governs) · he מוֹעָצָה (committee that leads or governs) · et nõukogu (committee that leads or governs) · kmr konsey (committee that leads or governs) · uz kengash (committee that leads or governs) · my ကောင်စီ (committee that leads or governs) · sh vijéće (committee that leads or governs) · mi rūnanga (committee that leads or governs) · orv рада (committee that leads or governs) · ang samnung (committee that leads or governs) · hy խորհուրդ (committee that leads or governs) · bn পরিষদ (committee that leads or governs) · tyv чөвүлел (committee that leads or governs) · ca consell (committee that leads or governs) · hi परिषद (committee that leads or governs) · ar مَجْلِس (committee that leads or governs) · sw kikao (committee that leads or governs) · ro consiliu (committee that leads or governs) · az məclis (committee that leads or governs) · uz majlis (committee that leads or governs) · ko 평의회 (committee that leads or governs) · sw baraza (committee that leads or governs) · lv dome (committee that leads or governs) · kk кеңес (committee that leads or governs) · pl rada (committee that leads or governs) · tg шӯро (committee that leads or governs) · lt taryba (committee that leads or governs) · cop ⲙⲁⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ (committee that leads or governs) · gl consello (committee that leads or governs) · grc συνέδριον (committee that leads or governs) · ky кеңеш (committee that leads or governs) · ky мажилис (committee that leads or governs) · az şura (committee that leads or governs) · sh са́вјет (committee that leads or governs) · cu вѣще (committee that leads or governs) · cu съвѣтъ (committee that leads or governs) · ja 評議会 (committee that leads or governs) · egy DA-DA-nw*t:Aa8 (committee that leads or governs) · yi ראַט (committee that leads or governs) · sh са́вет (committee that leads or governs) · fr conseil (committee that leads or governs) · prs مَجْلِس (committee that leads or governs) · li raod (committee that leads or governs) · nn råd (committee that leads or governs) · tk geňeş (committee that leads or governs) · ia concilio (committee that leads or governs) · sh ве́ће (committee that leads or governs) · bn মজলিস (committee that leads or governs) · es concilio (committee that leads or governs) · da råd (committee that leads or governs) · br kuzul (committee that leads or governs) · cs zastupitelstvo (committee that leads or governs) · la consilium (committee that leads or governs) · cmn 理事會 /理事会 (committee that leads or governs) · sk zastupiteľstvo (committee that leads or governs) · cmn 市政廳 /市政厅 (committee that leads or governs) · tr meclis (committee that leads or governs) · sa परिषद् (committee that leads or governs) · ia consilio (committee that leads or governs) · ug مەجلىس (committee that leads or governs) · sh вије́ће (committee that leads or governs) · ro sfat (committee that leads or governs) · cs rada (committee that leads or governs) · id majelis (committee that leads or governs) · nl raad (committee that leads or governs) · de Rat (committee that leads or governs) · ota مجلس (committee that leads or governs) · tt мәҗлис (committee that leads or governs) · enm counseil (committee that leads or governs) · it consiglio (committee that leads or governs) · fi neuvosto (committee that leads or governs)