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/kɔ̃.sɛʁ/
Translation
concert
Word origin
Borrowed from Italian concerto ('agreement, musical performance'), from concertare. The Latin verb concertare meant 'to contend, to dispute', and the sense of acting together developed in Italian. English 'concert' came into the language by the same route.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- concerto
- English cognates
- concert, concerto
Grammar
Examples
jazz .
We are going to a jazz concert on Saturday evening.
.
The concert starts at half past eight.
vendus .
The tickets for the concert sold out in ten minutes.
, .
After the concert, the band stayed to sign posters.
enseignants.
The decision was taken jointly with the teachers.
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