concert
English
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#CONCERTCategory:English terms derived from French#CONCERT concert, from ItalianCategory:English terms derived from Italian#CONCERT concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concertoCategory:English doublets#CONCERT.
Pronunciation
- (verb)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CONCERTAudio (Southern England): (file) - (noun)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t, -ɒnsə(ɹ)tCategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t#CONCERTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/2 syllables#CONCERTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒnsə(ɹ)t#CONCERT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CONCERTAudio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)Category:English lemmas#CONCERTCategory:English verbs#CONCERTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONCERTCategory:Pages with entries#CONCERTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CONCERT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CONCERT) To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
- a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:
- It was concerted to begin the siege in March.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CONCERT) To plan; to devise; to arrange.
- 1710 October 30 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter VII.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XIV, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC:
- The month ends with a fine day; and I have been walking, and visiting Lewis, and concerting where to see Mr. Harley. I have no news to send you.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
- 1756, [Edmund Burke], A Vindication of Natural Society: Or, A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind from Every Species of Artificial Society. […], London: […] M. Cooper […], →OCLC, page 56:
- Furious in their Adverſity, tyrannical in their Succeſſes, a Commander had more trouble to concert his Defence before the People, than to plan the Operations of the Campaign.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
- 1788, Publius [pseudonym; James Madison], “Number XLV”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:
- Every Government would espouse the common cause. A correspondence would be opened. Plans of resistance would be concerted. One spirit would animate and conduct the whole.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CONCERT) To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
- a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:
- The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
Translations
Noun
concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)Category:English lemmas#CONCERTCategory:English nouns#CONCERTCategory:English uncountable nouns#CONCERTCategory:English countable nouns#CONCERTCategory:English countable nouns#CONCERTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONCERTCategory:Pages with entries#CONCERTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CONCERT

- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#CONCERT) An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action.
- 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LIX”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:
- The dissimilarity in the ingredients which will compose the National Government, and in still more in the manner in which they will be brought into action in its various branches, must form a powerful obstacle to a concert of views, in any partial scheme of elections.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
- 1837, John C. Calhoun, Slavery a Positive Good:
- All we want is concert, to lay aside all party differences and unite with zeal and energy in repelling approaching dangers. Let there be concert of action, and we shall find ample means of security without resorting to secession or disunion.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#CONCERT) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#CONCERT) A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.
- Synonym: gig
- I’m going to the rock concert on Friday.Category:English terms with usage examples#CONCERT
- I am going for the Travis Scott concert in November.Category:English terms with usage examples#CONCERT
- Who’s playing at the concert on Friday?Category:English terms with usage examples#CONCERT
- The Beatles’ final live concert took place on 29 August 1966 at Candlestick ParkCategory:English terms with usage examples#CONCERT
- 1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves”, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC:
- The concert came off in the evening and was a pronounced success. The little hall was crowded; all the performers did excellently well, but Anne was the bright particular star of the occasion, as even envy, in the shape of Josie Pye, dared not deny.Category:English terms with quotations#CONCERT
Derived terms
- cats' concert
- concert band
- concert bass drum
- concertful
- concertgoer
- concert-goer
- concertgoing
- concert grand
- concert hall
- concertion
- concertist
- concertize
- concertless
- concertlike
- concertmaster
- concertmeister
- concertmistress
- concert party
- concert performance
- concert pitch
- concert room
- concert spiritual
- concert T-shirt
- Dutch concert
- headphone concert
- house concert
- in concert
- midconcert
- miniconcert
- nonconcert
- postconcert
- preconcert
- promenade concert
- solo concert
- superconcert
- Western concert flute
Descendants
Translations
Further reading
Catalan
Noun
concert m (plural concerts)Category:Catalan lemmas#CONCERTCategory:Catalan nouns#CONCERTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#CONCERTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CONCERTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#CONCERTCategory:Pages with entries#CONCERTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CONCERT
- concert (musical entertainment)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “concert”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “concert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “concert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “concert”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#CONCERTCategory:Dutch terms derived from French#CONCERT concert, from ItalianCategory:Dutch terms derived from Italian#CONCERT concerto, deverbal from concertare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔnˈsɛrt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#CONCERT
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#CONCERTAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: con‧cert
- Rhymes: -ɛrtCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrt#CONCERT
Noun
concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#CONCERTCategory:Dutch nouns#CONCERTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#CONCERTCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#CONCERTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CONCERTCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#CONCERTCategory:Pages with entries#CONCERTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CONCERT
- concert (musical entertainment)
Derived terms
Descendants
French
Etymology
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:French terms borrowed from Italian#CONCERTCategory:French terms derived from Italian#CONCERT concerto, deverbal from concertare.
Pronunciation
Noun
concert m (plural concerts)Category:French lemmas#CONCERTCategory:French nouns#CONCERTCategory:French countable nouns#CONCERTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CONCERTCategory:French masculine nouns#CONCERTCategory:Pages with entries#CONCERTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CONCERT
- concert (musical entertainment)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “concert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#CONCERTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#CONCERT concert, from ItalianCategory:Romanian terms derived from Italian#CONCERT concerto, deverbal from concertare.
Pronunciation
Noun
concert n (plural concerte)Category:Romanian lemmas#CONCERTCategory:Romanian nouns#CONCERTCategory:Romanian countable nouns#CONCERTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CONCERTCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#CONCERTCategory:Pages with entries#CONCERTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CONCERT
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | concert | concertul | concerte | concertele |
| genitive-dative | concert | concertului | concerte | concertelor |
| vocative | concertule | concertelor | ||
