prince consort

English

Etymology

A calque translation of French prince consort.

Noun

prince consort (plural princes consort)

1. The husband of a queen regnant who is not a king in his own right, or is accorded this title in a monarchy in which only male monarchs may bear the title "king."

   Coordinate term: princess consort

   Near-synonym: king consort (if recognized as a king)

   • 1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:

     Both the G.W.R. and the L.S.W.R. had to pay dearly for the privilege of entering the Royal Borough, for the Prince Consort drove a hard bargain with each.

Translations

husband of queen

• Danish: prinsgemal c
• Dutch: prins-gemaal (nl) m
• Faroese: drotningarmaður m
• Finnish: prinssipuoliso
• German: Prinzgemahl m
• Italian: principe consorte m
• Japanese: 王配 (ōhai)
• Khmer: ព្រះធីតុបតី (prĕəhthiitoptəy)
• Korean: 국서 (gukseo), 갈문왕 (galmunwang)
• Macedonian: принц при́дружник m (princ prídružnik)
• Mon: ကောန်ဂၠုဨကရာတ်
• Mon Pali: ဥပရာဇာ (mnw)
• Spanish: príncipe consorte m
• Swedish: prinsgemål (sv) c