English Explanatory Dictionary

condolence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Comfort, support or sympathy.
  2. An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

Pronunciation

/kənˈdoʊləns/ en-us-condolence.ogg en-us-condolences.ogg /ˈkɒndələns/

Word forms

condolence condolences condoleance condolance

Etymology

From condole + -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condoleō (“to sympathize”), from con- (“together, with”) and doleō (“to hurt, suffer, have pain”).

Derived words

book of condolence condolence card

Translations

Arabic: تَأْسِيَة Arabic: تَعْزِيَة Armenian: ցավակցություն Azerbaijani: başsağlığı Belarusian: спачува́нне Bulgarian: съболе́знования Catalan: condol Chinese Mandarin: 哀悼 Chinese Mandarin: 吊慰 Czech: kondolence Czech: soustrast Danish: kondolence Dutch: condoleance Estonian: kaastunne Estonian: kaastundeavaldus Finnish: osanotto Finnish: surunvalittelu French: condoléances German: Kondolenz Hungarian: részvét Italian: condoglianze Japanese: お悔やみ Japanese: 哀悼 Japanese: 弔意 Korean: 애도 Korean: 조의 Norwegian Bokmål: kondolanse Polish: kondolencje Portuguese: condolência Portuguese: pêsame Romanian: condoleanțe Russian: соболе́знование Russian: соболе́знования Slovak: kondolencia Slovak: sústrasť Spanish: pésame Spanish: péname Spanish: condolencia Swedish: kondoleans Tagalog: hingaba Tagalog: paghihingaba Tagalog: pakikiramay Tashelhit: afcad Turkish: başsağlığı Turkish: taziye Ukrainian: співчуття́
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