consorte
See also: Consorte
English
Noun
consorte (plural consortes)
- (biology) One of the organisms that associates with another species in consortism.
- 2017, V.K. Agarwal, Zoology for Degree Students, →ISBN:
- Consortism is classified into four types according to the benefit derived by the consortes: 1. If it is voluntary with mutual benefit but not asymmetrical or damaging to either consorte, it is mutualism. 2. Commensalism is a voluntary asymmetrical consortism in which one organism is benefited with no appreciable benefit or damage to the partner. 3. Parasitism is an involuntary consortism with progressive asymmetrical damage to one for the benefit of the other. 4. Predation is a nonsymbiotic consortism with damage to one for the benefit of the other.
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsortem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈsɔr.te/
- Rhymes: -ɔrte
- Hyphenation: con‧sòr‧te
Noun
consorte m or f by sense (plural consorti)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsortem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈsoɾte/ [kõnˈsoɾ.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -oɾte
- Syllabification: con‧sor‧te
Noun
consorte m or f by sense (plural consortes)
- consort, spouse
- Synonym: cónyuge
- consort, companion
- Synonym: compañero
- (law) accomplice
- (Cuba, slang) friend
- Synonym: amigo
Further reading
- “consorte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024