consulate

English

Etymology

From Middle English consulat, consulate, from Latin consulātus, from consul +‎ -ātus (“-ate”). In some senses, via French consulat.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnsjʊlət/, /ˈkɒnsələt/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsəlɨt/, /ˈkɒnsələt/
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Noun

consulate (plural consulates)

Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
The office of a consul, in its various senses.
The term of office of a consul.
The business office of a consul; a minor embassy.
(obsolete) Any town or city council.

Synonyms

(rule): capitoulate (historical, Toulouse)
(office and term of office): consulship; capitoulate (historical, Toulouse)

Derived terms

consulate general
honorary consulate, honourary consulate

Related terms

consul

Translations

the residency of a consul

Afrikaans: konsulaat
Albanian: konsullatë (sq) f
Arabic: قُنْصُلِيَّة‎ f (qunṣuliyya)
Armenian: հյուպատոսություն (hy) (hyupatosutʿyun)
Asturian: consuláu m
Azerbaijani: konsulxana
Belarusian: ко́нсульства n (kónsulʹstva)
Bengali: বাণিজ্যদূতাবাস (baṇijẏdūtabas)
Bulgarian: ко́нсулство n (kónsulstvo)
Burmese: ကောင်စစ်ဝန်ရုံး (my) (kaungcac-wanrum:)
Catalan: consolat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使館／使馆 (zh) (shǐguǎn), 領事館／领事馆 (zh) (lǐngshìguǎn)
Czech: konzulát (cs) m
Danish: konsulat n
Dutch: consulaat (nl) n
Esperanto: konsulejo (eo)
Estonian: konsulaat
Finnish: konsulaatti (fi)
French: consulat (fr) m
Galician: consulado m
Georgian: საკონსულო (saḳonsulo)
German: Konsulat (de) n
Greek: προξενείο (el) n (proxeneío)
Hebrew: קוֹנְסוּלְיָה‎ (he) f (konsulia)
Hindi: वाणिज्य दूतावास (vāṇijya dūtāvās), कांसुलेट (kānsuleṭ)
Hungarian: konzulátus (hu)
Icelandic: ræðisskrifstofa f, konsúlat n
Indonesian: konsulat (id)
Irish: consalacht
Italian: consolato (it) m
Japanese: 領事館 (ja) (りょうじかん, ryōjikan)
Kazakh: консулдық (konsuldyq)
Khmer: ស្ថានកុងស៊ុល (km) (sthaan kongsul)
Korean: 영사관(領事館) (ko) (yeongsagwan)
Kyrgyz: консульство (konsulʹstvo)
Lao: ສະຖານກົງສຸນ (sa thān kong sun)
Latvian: konsulāts m
Lithuanian: konsulatas m
Macedonian: конзула́т m (konzulát), конзулство n (konzulstvo)
Malay: konsulat
Maltese: konsulat m
Mongolian: консулын газар (konsulyn gazar)
Norman: consulat m
Norwegian: konsulat n
Persian: کنسولگری‎ (fa) (konsulgari)
Polish: konsulat (pl) m
Portuguese: consulado m
Romanian: consulat (ro) n
Russian: ко́нсульство (ru) n (kónsulʹstvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: конзу̀ла̄т m
Roman: konzùlāt (sh) m
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: konzulát m
Slovene: konzulat (sl) m
Spanish: consulado (es) m
Swedish: konsulat (sv) n
Tagalog: konsulado
Tajik: консули (konsuli), консулгари (konsulgari)
Tatar: консуллык (qonsullıq)
Telugu: కాన్సులేట్‌ (kānsulēṭ‌)
Thai: สถานกงสุล (sà-tǎan-gong-sǔn)
Turkish: konsolosluk (tr)
Turkmen: konsulhana, konsullyk
Ukrainian: ко́нсульство n (kónsulʹstvo)
Urdu: قونصل خانہ‎ (qōnsul xāna)
Uzbek: konsulxona (uz), konsullik (uz)
Vietnamese: tòa lãnh sự
Volapük: konsulöp (vo)

an office of a government, comparable to an embassy

Azerbaijani: konsulluq
Bulgarian: консулство n (konsulstvo)
French: consulat (fr)
German: Konsulat (de) n
Spanish: consulado (es) m
Swedish: konsulat (sv)

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "consulate, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1893.

Anagrams

cleanouts, cleans out, sulcatone