concert

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto. Doublet of concerto.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜːt/
  • (US) enPR: kənsûrtʹ, IPA^(key): /kənˈsɝt/

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• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnsət/
  • (US) enPR: känʹsərt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɚt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t, -ɒnsə(ɹ)t

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)

1. 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.

2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
   • 1710 October 30 (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.

   • 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.

   • 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.

3. 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.

Translations

to plan together

• Bulgarian: замислям (bg) (zamisljam)
• Greek: ενορχηστρώνω (el) (enorchistróno)
• Italian: concertare (it), concordare (it)
• Spanish: concertar (es)
• Turkish: konser (tr)

to plan; to devise; to arrange

• Bulgarian: замислям (bg) (zamisljam)
• Greek: κανονίζω (el) (kanonízo)
• Italian: pianificare (it)

to act in harmony or conjunction

• Bulgarian: съгласувам (bg) (sǎglasuvam)
• Italian: concertare (it), collaborare (it)

Noun

concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)

A concert (noun sense 3).

1. (uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; 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.

   • 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.

2. (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

   Synonym: gig

   I’m going to the rock concert on Friday.

   Who’s playing at the concert on Friday?

   The Beatles’ final live concert took place on 29 August 1966 at Candlestick Park

   • 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, published August 1909 (11th printing), →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.

Derived terms

• 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
• in concert
• midconcert
• miniconcert
• nonconcert
• postconcert
• preconcert
• promenade concert
• solo concert
• superconcert
• Western concert flute

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: コンサート (konsāto)
• → Korean: 콘서트 (konseoteu)
• → Thai: คอนเสิร์ต (kɔɔn-sə̀ət)

Translations

agreement in a design or plan

• Bulgarian: съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie)
• French: concert (fr) m
• Greek: συντονισμός (el) m (syntonismós)
• Hungarian: összhang (hu), egyetértés (hu)
• Italian: concerto (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاھەنگ (ckb) (aheng)

• Russian: согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), соглаше́ние (ru) n (soglašénije), договорённость (ru) f (dogovorjónnostʹ)
• Spanish: concierto (es) m, concertación f

musical accordance or harmony

• Arabic: حَفْلَة (ar) f (ḥafla)

  Hijazi Arabic: حَفْلة f (ḥafla)

• Bulgarian: хармо́ния (bg) f (harmónija)
• Dutch: concert (nl) n
• French: concert (fr) m
• German: Konzert (de) n
• Greek: ενορχήστρωση (el) f (enorchístrosi)
• Hungarian: összhang (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاھەنگ (ckb) (aheng)

• Latin: symphonia f
• Romanian: concert (ro) n
• Russian: гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija)
• Spanish: concierto (es) m

a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part

• Afrikaans: konsert
• Albanian: koncert (sq) m
• Arabic: عَزْف m (ʕazf), حَفْلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة f (ḥafla(t) mūsīqiyya)

  Hijazi Arabic: حَفْلة f (ḥafla)

• Armenian: համերգ (hy) (hamerg)
• Asturian: conciertu m
• Azerbaijani: konsert (az)
• Basque: kontzertu
• Belarusian: канцэ́рт m (kancért)
• Bengali: সঙ্গীতানুষ্ঠান (śoṅgitanuśṭhan)
• Bulgarian: конце́рт m (koncért)
• Burmese: စတိတ်ရှိုး (ca.tithrui:), ဖျော်ဖြေပွဲ (hpyauhpre-pwai:)
• Catalan: concert (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 演唱會 / 演唱会 (jin² coeng³ wui^6-2) (featuring singers)

  Mandarin: 音樂會 / 音乐会 (zh) (yīnyuèhuì), 合奏 (zh) (hézòu)

• Czech: koncert (cs) m
• Danish: koncert (da) c
• Esperanto: koncerto
• Estonian: kontsert
• Finnish: konsertti (fi)
• French: concert (fr) m
• Galician: concerto (gl) m
• Georgian: კონცერტი (ḳoncerṭi)
• German: Konzert (de) n
• Greek: συναυλία (el) f (synavlía)
• Greenlandic: tusarnaartitsineq
• Hawaiian: ʻahamele, ʻaha mele
• Hebrew: קוֹנצֶרט (he) m (kontsért)
• Hindi: कॉन्सर्ट m (kŏnsarṭ), संगीत कार्यक्रम m (saṅgīt kāryakram)
• Hungarian: hangverseny (hu), koncert (hu)
• Icelandic: tónleikar (is) m pl
• Indonesian: konser (id)
• Irish: ceolchoirm f
• Italian: concerto (it) m
• Japanese: コンサート (ja) (konsāto), 音楽会 (おんがっかい, ongakkai; おんがくかい, ongakukai), 合奏 (ja) (がっそう, gassō)
• Kazakh: концерт (konsert)
• Khmer: តន្ត្រីប្រគំ (dɑntrəy prɑkum), មហោស្រព (km) (mĕəʼhaosrɑp)
• Korean: 콘서트 (ko) (konseoteu), 음악회(音樂會) (ko) (eumakhoe)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاھەنگ (ckb) (aheng)

  Northern Kurdish: konser (ku)

• Kyrgyz: концерт (ky) (kontsert)
• Ladino: konserto m
• Lao: ຄອນເສີດ (lo) (khǭn sœ̄t)
• Latin: concentus m
• Latvian: koncerts m
• Ligurian: conçèrto m
• Lithuanian: koncertas m
• Macedonian: концерт m (koncert)
• Malay: konsert (ms)
• Malayalam: കച്ചേരി (ml) (kaccēri)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: концерт (mn) (koncert)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konsert (no) m

  Nynorsk: konsert (no) m

• Occitan: concèrt (oc) m
• Pashto: کانسرټ (ps) m (kānsarṭ)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کُنْسِرْت (konsert)

• Polish: koncert (pl) m
• Portuguese: concerto (pt) m, show (pt) m
• Romanian: concert (ro) n
• Russian: конце́рт (ru) m (koncért)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuirm-chiùil f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̀нцерт m

  Roman: kòncert (sh) m

• Slovak: koncert m
• Slovene: koncert (sl) m
• Spanish: concierto (es) m
• Swedish: konsert (sv) c
• Tajik: консерт (tg) (konsert)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: คอนเสิร์ต (th) (kɔɔn-sə̀ət)
• Turkish: konser (tr)
• Turkmen: konsert
• Ukrainian: конце́рт (uk) m (koncért)
• Urdu: کونْسَرْٹ m (konsarṭ), کَونْسَرْٹ m (kaunsarṭ)
• Uyghur: كونسېرت (konsërt)
• Uzbek: kontsert
• Vietnamese: buổi hoà nhạc, (buổi, cuộc) biểu diễn (vi), hoà tấu
• Volapük: konsärt (vo)
• Welsh: cyngerdd (cy) m
• Yiddish: קאָנצערט m (kontsert)

Further reading

• Concert in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertista

Related terms

• concertar

Further reading

• “concert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “concert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “concert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “concert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈsɛrt/

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• Hyphenation: con‧cert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt

Noun

concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertgebouw
• concertmeester
• concertzaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konsert
• → Indonesian: konser
• → Papiamentu: kònsèrt
• → West Frisian: konsert

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ/

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Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• de concert
• salle de concert

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: concert
• → English: concert
• → Romanian: concert
• → Persian: کنسرت (konsert)
• → Turkish: konser

Further reading

• “concert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• concret

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert.

Pronunciation

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Noun

concert n (plural concerte)

1. concert

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	concert	concertul		concerte	concertele
genitive-dative	concert	concertului		concerte	concertelor
vocative	concertule			concertelor