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consulate

(kɒnsjʊlət, US -sə-)
Word forms: plural consulates
countable noun
A consulate is the place where a consul works.
They managed to make contact with the British consulate in Lyons.

consulate in British English

(ˈkɒnsjʊlɪt)
noun
1. 
the business premises or residence of a consul
2. 
government by consuls
3. 
the office or period of office of a consul or consuls
4. (often capital)
a. 
the government of France by the three consuls from 1799 to 1804
b. 
this period of French history
5. (often capital)
a. 
the consular government of the Roman republic
b. 
the office or rank of a Roman consul

consulate in American English

(ˈkɑnsəlɪt)
noun
1. 
the position, powers, and functions of a consul
2. 
the office or residence of a consul
3. 
the term of office of a consul; consulship
4. 
a government by consuls
Idioms:
the Consulate
Word origin
ME consulat < L consulatus

Examples of 'consulate' in a sentence
consulate

Sergei and I made up the spiel about the Polish consulate knowing it would rattle Drago.
MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (2002)
My mother's a Carioca and my father was a diplomat with the American consulate.
MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (2002)
Rose and Sutherland were there and two Americans, OSS men from the American consulate.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
In March 1995 three American consulate officials were ambushed and their van sprayed with gunfire on a busy street in Karachi.
Patrick Robinson NIMITZ CLASS (2002)

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In other languages
consulate

British English: consulate /ˈkɒnsjʊlɪt/ NOUN
A consulate is the place in a city where a foreign government official works and looks after all the people there who are from his or her own country.
...the British consulate in the city.
  • American English: consulate
  • Arabic: قُنْصُلِيَّة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: consulado
  • Chinese: 领事馆
  • Croatian: konzulat
  • Czech: konzulát
  • Danish: konsulat
  • Dutch: consulaat
  • European Spanish: consulado
  • Finnish: konsulaatti
  • French: consulat
  • German: Konsulat
  • Greek: προξενείο
  • Italian: consolato
  • Japanese: 領事館
  • Korean: 영사관
  • Norwegian: konsulat
  • Polish: konsulat
  • European Portuguese: consulado
  • Romanian: consulat
  • Russian: консульство
  • Latin American Spanish: consulado
  • Swedish: konsulat
  • Thai: สถานกงสุล
  • Turkish: konsolosluk
  • Ukrainian: консульство
  • Vietnamese: tòa lãnh sự

Chinese translation of 'consulate'

consulate

(ˈkɔnsjulɪt)

n (c)

  1. 领(領)事馆(館) (lǐngshìguǎn) (个(個), gè)
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