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masculine

/kɔ̃.sɛʁ/

Line drawing of concert
Coloured illustration of concert
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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

Gendermasculine
Pluralconcerts

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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This word is part of lesson 32.