different between quorum vs consensus

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??.??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kw???.?m/
• Rhymes: -????m
• Hyphenation: quo?rum

Noun

quorum (plural quorums or quora)

1. The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

   We can discuss the issue tonight, but cannot vote until we have a quorum.

2. A selected body of persons.

Usage notes

The plural quora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latin quorum is a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??m/

Noun

quorum m (plural quorums)

1. quorum

Italian

Etymology

From Latin qu?rum, genitive plural form of qu? (“who, which”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?.rum/
• Rhymes: -?rum
• Hyphenation: quò?rum

Noun

quorum m (invariable)

1. quorum (minimum number of members required)

See also

• referendum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?o?.rum/, [?k?o?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwo.rum/, [?kw???um]

Pronoun

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of qu?
2. genitive neuter plural of qu?

Adjective

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of qu?
2. genitive neuter plural of qu?

Pronoun

qu?rum

1. genitive masculine plural of quis
2. genitive neuter plural of quis

Descendants

• English: quorum
• French: quorum m
• Irish: córam
• Italian: quorum
• Polish: kworum
• Portuguese: quórum m
• Russian: ?????? m (kvorum)
• Spanish: cuórum m

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kf?.rum/

Noun

quorum n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of kworum.

Further reading

• quorum in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• quorum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?ns?nsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from c?nsenti? (“feel together; agree”); see consent.

Noun

consensus (countable and uncountable, plural consensuses)

1. A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
2. General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.

   After years of debate over the best wine to serve at Thanksgiving, no real consensus has emerged.

3. (computing) An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
4. (attributive) Average projected value.

   a financial consensus forecast

Antonyms

• dissensus

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• consensus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• consensus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "consensus" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 76.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?ns?nsus or English consensus, itself borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n?s?n.z?s/
• Hyphenation: con?sen?sus

Noun

consensus m (uncountable)

1. consensus

Synonyms

• overeenstemming

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?ns?nsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s??.sys/, /k??.s??.sys/

Noun

consensus m (plural consensus)

1. consensus

Further reading

• “consensus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From c?nsenti? (“feel together; agree”), from con- (“together”) and senti? (“sense; perceive; feel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?sen.sus/, [kõ??s???s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?sen.sus/, [k?n?s?nsus]

Noun

c?ns?nsus m (genitive c?ns?ns?s); fourth declension

1. Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord.
2. A plot, conspiracy.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (concord, agreement): concentus, concord?ti?, concordia, concordit?s, harmonia, ?nanimit?s
• (plot, conspiracy): coiti?, coni?r?ti?, c?ns?nsi?, c?nsp?r?ti?

Related terms

Descendants

Adjective

c?ns?nsus (feminine c?ns?nsa, neuter c?ns?nsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) agreed upon

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• consensus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• consensus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consensus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• consensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• consensus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consensus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin