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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Homophones 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations

[ English

[ Pronunciation

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[ Etymology

Via Old English and Old French (French: conseil), from Latin concilium

[ Homophones

• counsel

[ Noun

Singular council

Plural councils

council (plural councils)

1. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council)

[ Translations

committee that leads or governs

Albanian: këshill m. Arabic: Majles/مجلس 'm' Catalan: consell m. Croatian: savjet m. Czech: rada f. Dutch: raad m. Finnish: neuvosto, valtuusto German: Rat m. Hebrew: מועצה (mo'atza) f.

Hungarian: tanács Italian: consiglio m. Kurdish: ئه‌نجومه‌ن Portuguese: conselho m. Romanian: sfat f. and m. Slovak: rada f. Slovenian: svet m. Spanish: concejo m. Swedish: råd