prince consort

English

Etymology

A calque translation of French prince consort.

Noun

prince consort (plural princes consort)

(postpositive) The husband of a queen regnant who is not himself a king in his own right.
- 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

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