different between suspense vs concert

English

Alternative forms

• suspence (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English suspense, suspence, from Anglo-Norman suspens (as in en suspens) and Old French suspens, from Latin susp?nsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??sp?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

suspense (usually uncountable, plural suspenses)

1. The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
2. the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
3. The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
   • 1656, John Denham, The Destruction of Troy

     Ten days the prophet in suspense remain'd.

4. (law) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.

Derived terms

• suspenseful

Translations

Adjective

suspense (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
2. (obsolete) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

French

Etymology 1

Nominalisation of the feminine form of suspens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sys.p??s/

Noun

suspense f (plural suspenses)

1. suspense (state of being suspended)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English suspense, itself from Old French suspense. Doublet of suspens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sys.p?ns/

Noun

suspense m (plural suspenses)

1. suspense (emotion; feeling)

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From French suspense, from English suspense.

Noun

suspense m (plural suspenses)

1. suspense
2. thriller

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English suspense.

Noun

suspense f (invariable)

1. suspense (all senses)

Latin

Participle

susp?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of susp?nsus

References

• suspense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suspense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

suspense m (plural suspenses)

1. suspense (the excited anticipation of an outcome)
2. (fiction) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

Spanish

Etymology

From French suspense, from English suspense.

Noun

suspense m (plural suspenses)

1. (Spain) suspense

   Synonym: (Latin America) suspenso

2. thriller

Derived terms

• novela de suspense (“thriller”) (novel genre)
• película de suspense (“thriller”) (film genre)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto. Doublet of concerto.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s??t/
  • (US) enPR: k?nsûrt?, IPA^(key): /k?n?s?t/
• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?t/
  • (US) enPR: kän?s?rt, IPA^(key): /?k?ns?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Verb

concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)

1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

   • It was concerted to begin the siege in March.

2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
   • 1756, Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society

     A commander had more trouble to concert his defence before the people than to plan […] the campaign.

3. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

   • The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.

Translations

Noun

concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)

1. (uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
2. (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

   I'm going to the rock concert on Friday.

   Synonym: gig

Derived terms

• concertmaster
• in concert

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (kons?to)
• ? Korean: ??? (konseoteu)
• ? Thai: ????????? (k??n-s???t)

Translations

Further reading

• Concert in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertista

Related terms

• concertar

Further reading

• “concert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “concert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “concert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “concert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?rt/
• Hyphenation: con?cert
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertgebouw
• concertmeester
• concertzaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konsert
• ? Indonesian: konser
• ? West Frisian: konsert

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s??/

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: concert
• ? Turkish: konser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• concret

Romanian

Etymology

From French concert

Noun

concert n (plural concerte)

1. concert

Declension