consular

• consulary (obsolete)

From Middle English consular, from Latin cōnsulāris.

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consular (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a consul, or the office thereof.

   If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?

• consul
• consularly
• consulate
• proconsular

consular (plural consulars)

1. A Roman consul.
   • 1612, Samuel Danyel, The First Part of the Historie of England, London: […] Nicholas Okes, page 15:

     And reordring the gouernment therof, for a future security, deuides it into. 5. Prouinces, to be ruled by one vice-gerent; 5. Rectors, 2. Consulars, and 3. Presidents.

   • 1741, Conyers Middleton, The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the second edition, volume I, London: […] W. Innys, […] and R. Manby, […], page 242:

     CICERO being now reduced to the condition of a private Senator, was to take his place on that venerable bench of Conſulars, who were juſtly reckoned the firſt Citizens of the Republic.

   • 2004, Christopher S. Mackay, Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251:

     Each year eight praetorians (ex-praetors) and two consulars (ex-consuls) were chosen to govern the traditional senatorial provinces for one year, and there were various posts (e.g., head of the treasury) to be held by praetorians.

• Lancours, courlans

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.suˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.suˈlaɾ]

consular m or f (masculine and feminine plural consulars)

1. consular

• cònsol

• “consular”, 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

cōnsular

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of cōnsulō

• Homophone: consolar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: con‧su‧lar

consular m or f (plural consulares)

1. consular (pertaining to a consul)

• cônsul

Borrowed from French consulaire and Latin cōnsulāris.

• IPA^(key): /kon.suˈlar/

consular m or n (feminine singular consulară, masculine plural consulari, feminine and neuter plural consulare)

1. consular

• consul
• consulat

• IPA^(key): /konsuˈlaɾ/ [kõn.suˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧su‧lar

consular m or f (masculine and feminine plural consulares)

1. consular

• “consular”, 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