"council" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkaʊn.səl/ Audio: en-us-council.ogg [US] Forms: councils [plural]
enPR: kounʹ-səl Rhymes: -aʊnsəl Etymology: From Middle English counseil, conseil, from late Old English cuncile, from Anglo-Norman cuncile and Old French concile, from Latin concilium. Doublet of concelho. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|counseil}} Middle English counseil, {{m|enm|conseil}} conseil, {{der|en|ang|cuncile}} Old English cuncile, {{der|en|xno|cuncile}} Anglo-Norman cuncile, {{der|en|fro|concile}} Old French concile, {{der|en|la|concilium}} Latin concilium, {{doublet|en|concelho}} Doublet of concelho Head templates: {{en-noun}} council (plural councils)
  1. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (committee that leads or governs): këshill [masculine] (Albanian), συνέδριον (sunédrion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مَجْلِس (majlis) [masculine] (Arabic), مَجْمَع (majmaʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), խորհուրդ (xorhurd) (Armenian), şura (Azerbaijani), məclis (Azerbaijani), ра́да (ráda) [feminine] (Belarusian), মজলিস (mojoliś) (Bengali), পরিষদ (poriśod) (Bengali), kuzul [masculine] (Breton), съве́т (sǎvét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကောင်စီ (kaungci) (Burmese), consell [masculine] (Catalan), ئەنجومەن (encumen) (Central Kurdish), 理事會 (Chinese Mandarin), 理事会 (lǐshìhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 委員會 (Chinese Mandarin), 委员会 (wěiyuánhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 市政廳 (Chinese Mandarin), 市政厅 (shìzhèngtīng) (english: city council) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲙⲁⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ (manhemsi) [masculine] (Coptic), konsel (Cornish), rada [feminine] (Czech), råd [neuter] (Danish), raad [masculine] (Dutch), DA-DA-nw*t:Aa8 (ḏꜣḏꜣt) [feminine] (Egyptian), konsilio (Esperanto), nõukogu (Estonian), neuvosto (Finnish), valtuusto (Finnish), conseil [masculine] (French), consello [masculine] (Galician), საბჭო (sabč̣o) (Georgian), Rat [masculine] (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gafaurds) [feminine] (Gothic), συμβούλιο (symvoúlio) [neuter] (Greek), majalisa (Hausa), מוֹעָצָה (mo'atsá) [feminine] (Hebrew), परिषद (pariṣad) [masculine] (Hindi), मजलिस (majlis) [feminine] (Hindi), tanács (Hungarian), ráð [neuter] (Icelandic), dewan (Indonesian), konsil (Indonesian), majelis (Indonesian), consilio (Interlingua), concilio (Interlingua), consiglio [masculine] (Italian), 評議会 (hyōgikai) (alt: ひょうぎかい) (Japanese), 協議会 (kyōgikai) (alt: きょうぎかい) (Japanese), keńes (Karakalpak), кеңес (keñes) (Kazakh), мәжіліс (mäjılıs) (Kazakh), чӧп (Khakas), សភា (saʼphiə) (Khmer), 이사회 (isahoe) (alt: 理事會) (Korean), 평의회 (pyeong'uihoe) (alt: 評議會) (Korean), кеңеш (keŋeş) (Kyrgyz), мажилис (majilis) (Kyrgyz), ສະພາ (sa phā) (Lao), consilium [neuter] (Latin), dome [feminine] (Latvian), padome [feminine] (Latvian), raod [masculine] (Limburgish), taryba [feminine] (Lithuanian), совет (sovet) [masculine] (Macedonian), majlis (Malay), dewan (Malay), rūnanga (Maori), зөвлөл (zövlöl) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), conseil [masculine] (Norman), konsey (Northern Kurdish), råd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), råd [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), samnung [feminine] (Old English), ġemōt [neuter] (Old English), gaderung [feminine] (Old English), مجلس (meclis) (Ottoman Turkish), شورا (šorã) [feminine] (Pashto), مجلس (maǰlᶕs) [masculine] (Pashto), شورا (šurâ, šowrâ) (Persian), مجلس (majles) (Persian), rada (Polish), conselho [masculine] (Portuguese), sfat [neuter] (Romanian), consiliu [masculine] (Romanian), сове́т (sovét) [masculine] (Russian), परिषद् (pariṣad) [feminine] (Sanskrit), са́вјет [Cyrillic, Ijekavian, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), са́вет [Cyrillic, Ekavian, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), вије́ће [Cyrillic, Ijekavian, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ве́ће [Cyrillic, Ekavian, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), sávjet [Ijekavian, Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sávet [Ekavian, Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vijéće [Ijekavian, Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), véće [Ekavian, Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), cunzigghiu [masculine] (Sicilian), junta [feminine] (Sicilian), rada [feminine] (Slovak), svet [masculine] (Slovene), concejo [masculine] (Spanish), kikao (Swahili), baraza [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), råd [neuter] (Swedish), styrelse [common-gender] (Swedish), sanggunian (Tagalog), шӯро (šüro) (Tajik), маҷлис (majlis) (Tajik), мәҗлис (mäclis) (Tatar), สภา (sà-paa) (Thai), wertsiya (Tocharian B), konsey (Turkish), meclis (Turkish), geňeş (Turkmen), mejlis (Turkmen), чөвүлел (çövülel) (Tuvan), 𐎔𐎃𐎗 (pḫr) (Ugaritic), ра́да (ráda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), مجلس (majlis) [feminine] (Urdu), كېڭەش (kë'ngesh) (Uyghur), مەجلىس (mejlis) (Uyghur), кеңәш (kë'ngesh) [Cyrillic] (Uyghur), kengash (Uzbek), majlis (Uzbek), hội đồng (Vietnamese), cyngor [masculine] (Welsh), ראַט (rat) [masculine] (Yiddish), ראָט (rot) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-council-en-noun-sJ3dEPET Disambiguation of Collectives: 93 7 Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'committee that leads or governs': 99 1
  2. Discussion or deliberation.
    Sense id: en-council-en-noun-ZUY1kyCf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: synod Related terms: conciliate, reconcile, counsel

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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ráda",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "mojoliś",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "মজলিস"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "poriśod",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "পরিষদ"
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "съве́т"
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          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kaungci",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "ကောင်စီ"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "consell"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "理事會"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǐshìhuì",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "理事会"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "委員會"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wěiyuánhuì",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "委员会"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "市政廳"
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          "english": "city council",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shìzhèngtīng",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "manhemsi",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ⲙⲁⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "konsel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "råd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "raad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ḏꜣḏꜣt",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "konsilio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "nõukogu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "neuvosto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "valtuusto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conseil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "consello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sabč̣o",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "საბჭო"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gafaurds",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symvoúlio",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "συμβούλιο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sunédrion",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "συνέδριον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "majalisa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pariṣad",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "परिषद"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "tanács"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "dewan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "konsil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "majelis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "consilio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "concilio"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "hyōgikai",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kaa",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "word": "សភា"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "이사회"
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        {
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          "word": "ئەنجومەن"
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        {
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          "word": "ສະພາ"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "word": "raod"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "taryba"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "majlis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "dewan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
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          "word": "зөвлөл"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conseil"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samnung"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "meclis",
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          "word": "مجلس"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "šorã",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "sovét",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сове́т"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "pariṣad",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "परिषद्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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          "word": "вије́ће"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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            "Ekavian",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
            "Ijekavian",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "sávjet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "kikao"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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        {
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tg",
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          "word": "маҷлис"
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          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "mäclis",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "мәҗлис"
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        {
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          "code": "th",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "konsey"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "word": "чөвүлел"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "𐎔𐎃𐎗"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ráda",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
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          "word": "ра́да"
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          "roman": "majlis",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ug",
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          "roman": "kë'ngesh",
          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "كېڭەش"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "mejlis",
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          "word": "مەجلىس"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ug",
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          "roman": "kë'ngesh",
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          "word": "кеңәш"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "kengash"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "majlis"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
          "word": "hội đồng"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "rat",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "rot",
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          "ref": "2008 [1667], John Milton, chapter 6, in W. Kerrigan, J. Rumrich, S. Fallon, editors, Paradise Lost (Modern Library Classics) (poetry), Random House Publishing Group, page 212, lines 414–416",
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    "English terms derived from Old French",
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    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelh₁-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊnsəl",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊnsəl/2 syllables",
    "en:Collectives"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "afforced council"
    },
    {
      "word": "borough council"
    },
    {
      "word": "canine council"
    },
    {
      "word": "church council"
    },
    {
      "word": "city council"
    },
    {
      "word": "council area"
    },
    {
      "word": "Council Bluffs"
    },
    {
      "word": "council estate"
    },
    {
      "word": "Council Grove"
    },
    {
      "word": "council house"
    },
    {
      "word": "council-housed"
    },
    {
      "word": "council housing"
    },
    {
      "word": "council housing estate"
    },
    {
      "word": "councillor"
    },
    {
      "word": "councilor"
    },
    {
      "word": "councilman"
    },
    {
      "word": "councilmember"
    },
    {
      "word": "council of war"
    },
    {
      "word": "council pop"
    },
    {
      "word": "council tax"
    },
    {
      "word": "councilwoman"
    },
    {
      "word": "county council"
    },
    {
      "word": "district council"
    },
    {
      "word": "domestic policy council"
    },
    {
      "word": "ecumenical council"
    },
    {
      "word": "federal council"
    },
    {
      "word": "kennel council"
    },
    {
      "word": "mayor-council"
    },
    {
      "word": "minority council"
    },
    {
      "word": "order-in-council"
    },
    {
      "word": "order in council"
    },
    {
      "word": "order of council"
    },
    {
      "word": "parish council"
    },
    {
      "word": "parochial church council"
    },
    {
      "word": "privy council"
    },
    {
      "word": "Security Council"
    },
    {
      "word": "student council"
    },
    {
      "word": "town council"
    },
    {
      "word": "unitary council"
    },
    {
      "word": "Whitley council"
    },
    {
      "word": "works council"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kelh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "counseil"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English counseil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "conseil"
      },
      "expansion": "conseil",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cuncile"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cuncile",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "cuncile"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman cuncile",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "concile"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French concile",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "concilium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin concilium",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "concelho"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of concelho",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English counseil, conseil, from late Old English cuncile, from Anglo-Norman cuncile and Old French concile, from Latin concilium. Doublet of concelho.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "councils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "council (plural councils)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "synod"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "conciliate"
    },
    {
      "word": "reconcile"
    },
    {
      "word": "counsel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "committee",
          "committee"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 [1667], John Milton, chapter 6, in W. Kerrigan, J. Rumrich, S. Fallon, editors, Paradise Lost (Modern Library Classics) (poetry), Random House Publishing Group, page 212, lines 414–416",
          "text": "Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Discussion or deliberation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Discussion",
          "discussion"
        ],
        [
          "deliberation",
          "deliberation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaʊn.səl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊnsəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "counsel"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-council.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-us-council.ogg/En-us-council.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-us-council.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kounʹ-səl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "këshill"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "majlis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَجْلِس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "majmaʕ",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَجْمَع"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xorhurd",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "խորհուրդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "şura"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "məclis"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ráda",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mojoliś",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "মজলিস"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "poriśod",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "পরিষদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kuzul"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎvét",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "съве́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kaungci",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "ကောင်စီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "理事會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐshìhuì",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "理事会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "委員會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěiyuánhuì",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "委员会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "市政廳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "city council",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìzhèngtīng",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "市政厅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "manhemsi",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ⲙⲁⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "konsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rada"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raad"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḏꜣḏꜣt",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "DA-DA-nw*t:Aa8"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "konsilio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "nõukogu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "neuvosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "valtuusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conseil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consello"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sabč̣o",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "საბჭო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rat"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gafaurds",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symvoúlio",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συμβούλιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sunédrion",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συνέδριον"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "majalisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mo'atsá",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מוֹעָצָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pariṣad",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "परिषद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "majlis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मजलिस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "tanács"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ráð"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "dewan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "konsil"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "majelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "consilio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "concilio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consiglio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひょうぎかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyōgikai",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "評議会"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうぎかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōgikai",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "協議会"
    },
    {
      "code": "kaa",
      "lang": "Karakalpak",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "keńes"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "keñes",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "кеңес"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mäjılıs",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "мәжіліс"
    },
    {
      "code": "kjh",
      "lang": "Khakas",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "чӧп"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saʼphiə",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "សភា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "理事會",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "isahoe",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "이사회"
    },
    {
      "alt": "評議會",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyeong'uihoe",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "평의회"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "encumen",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "ئەنجومەن"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "konsey"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "keŋeş",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "кеңеш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "majilis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "мажилис"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa phā",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "ສະພາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "consilium"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dome"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "padome"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raod"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taryba"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sovet",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "совет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "majlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "dewan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "rūnanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zövlöl",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "зөвлөл"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conseil"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råd"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ġemōt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaderung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "meclis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "مجلس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "šorã",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شورا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "maǰlᶕs",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مجلس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šurâ, šowrâ",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "شورا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "majles",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "مجلس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "rada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conselho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sfat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consiliu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sovét",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сове́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "pariṣad",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "परिषद्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ijekavian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "са́вјет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ekavian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "са́вет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ijekavian",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вије́ће"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ekavian",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ве́ће"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Ijekavian",
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sávjet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian",
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sávet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Ijekavian",
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vijéće"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian",
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "véće"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cunzigghiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "junta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "concejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "kikao"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "baraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "råd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "styrelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "sanggunian"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šüro",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "шӯро"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "majlis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "маҷлис"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "mäclis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "мәҗлис"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-paa",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "สภา"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "wertsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "konsey"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "meclis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "geňeş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "mejlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "çövülel",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "чөвүлел"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "pḫr",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "𐎔𐎃𐎗"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ráda",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "majlis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مجلس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kë'ngesh",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "كېڭەش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mejlis",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "مەجلىس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kë'ngesh",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "кеңәш"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "kengash"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "majlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "word": "hội đồng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyngor"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rat",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ראַט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rot",
      "sense": "committee that leads or governs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ראָט"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "council"
  ],
  "word": "council"
}

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