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consultant

consultant

noun kohn-sul-TAHN Rare

Usage Note

Consultant (feminine consultante) is used in French business and medical contexts; a consultant en management is a management consultant, while a médecin consultant is a specialist called in for a second opinion. The word is a near-cognate of English 'consultant' and is pronounced with a nasal final syllable. The activity is le consulting (borrowed from English in business French).

Examples

"Elle travaille comme consultante en stratégie."

Natural Translation

She works as a strategy consultant.

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