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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˌkɔn.silˈjeː.rə/, /ˌkɔn.si.liˈeː.rə/ Audio: Nl-consigliere.ogg Forms: consiglieri [plural]
Rhymes: -eːrə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian consigliere. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|it|consigliere}} Italian consigliere Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|consiglieri|-}} consigliere m (plural consiglieri)
  1. A legal counsel and advisor of a crime boss, in particular in the mafia. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-consigliere-nl-noun-QgHFU~0f Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /kɔn.sɪlˈjɛɹ.eɪ/ [US], /kɑn.sɪl.iˈɛɹ.i/ [US], /koʊn-/ [US], /kɑn.sɪɡ.liˈɛɹ.eɪ/ [US] Forms: consiglieri [plural], consiglieres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian consigliere, from Italian consiglio (“advice", counsel”), from Latin cōnsilium (“council”). Entered the popular English lexicon through Mario Puzo's “Godfather” novels and the subsequent films made from them. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|consigliere}} Italian consigliere, {{der|en|it|consiglio||advice", counsel}} Italian consiglio (“advice", counsel”), {{der|en|la|cōnsilium||council}} Latin cōnsilium (“council”) Head templates: {{en-noun|consiglieri|s}} consigliere (plural consiglieri or consiglieres)
  1. A counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses. Wikipedia link: Mario Puzo, The_Godfather_(novel) Related terms: éminence grise, svengali
    Sense id: en-consigliere-en-noun-MZhawK7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /kon.siʎˈʎɛ.re/ Forms: consiglieri [plural], consigliera [feminine]
Rhymes: -ɛre Etymology: From consiglio + -iere. Etymology templates: {{af|it|consiglio|-iere}} consiglio + -iere Head templates: {{it-noun|mfbysense|f=consigliera}} consigliere m or f by sense (plural consiglieri, feminine consigliera)
  1. adviser Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-consigliere-it-noun-Izw8LFli Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Italian terms suffixed with -iere Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 49 51 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -iere: 51 49
  2. councillor Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-consigliere-it-noun-q8CMp5hH Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Italian terms suffixed with -iere Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 49 51 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -iere: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: consigliere comunale (english: town councillor), consigliere delegato (english: managing director), consigliere d'amministrazione (english: board member) Related terms: consigliabile, consigliare, consiglio, consiliare

Inflected forms

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        "3": "-iere"
      },
      "expansion": "consiglio + -iere",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From consiglio + -iere.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "consiglieri",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consigliera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense",
        "f": "consigliera"
      },
      "expansion": "consigliere m or f by sense (plural consiglieri, feminine consigliera)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧si‧gliè‧re"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "consigliabile"
    },
    {
      "word": "consigliare"
    },
    {
      "word": "consiglio"
    },
    {
      "word": "consiliare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adviser"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adviser",
          "adviser"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "councillor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "councillor",
          "councillor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kon.siʎˈʎɛ.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "consigliere"
}

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