comfort

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.fət/
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• Northern-England: /ˈkʊm.fət/
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• Canada, General-American: kŭm'fərt
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈkʌm.fɚt/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈkhɐɱ.fɚt]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈkɐm.fət/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈkhɐɱ.fət]
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• /ˈkʌm.fɔɹt/ non-native speakers' English
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• kŭmfôrt' obsolete or non-native speakers' English
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• /kʌmˈfɔɹt/ obsolete or non-native speakers' English
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH1 M F ER0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the English word comfort.

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَاحَة (rāḥa) — contentment, ease
• Belarusian: выго́да (vyhóda) — contentment, ease
• Belarusian: зру́чнасць (zrúčnascʹ) — contentment, ease
• Belarusian: камфо́рт (kamfórt) — contentment, ease
• Bengali: আরাম (aram) — contentment, ease
• Bulgarian: удо́бство (udóbstvo) — contentment, ease
• Catalan: comoditat — contentment, ease
• Catalan: confort — contentment, ease
• Chinese Mandarin: 舒適 /舒适 (shūshì) — contentment, ease
• Czech: pohodlí — contentment, ease
• Danish: behagelighed — contentment, ease
• Danish: bekvemmelighed — contentment, ease
• Danish: komfort — contentment, ease
• Dutch: comfort — contentment, ease
• Dutch: gemak — contentment, ease
• Esperanto: komforto — contentment, ease
• Finnish: mukavuus — contentment, ease
• French: confort — contentment, ease
• Galician: conforto — contentment, ease
• Galician: conforte — contentment, ease
• Galician: comodidade — contentment, ease
• Galician: conchego — contentment, ease
• German: Behaglichkeit — contentment, ease
• German: Bequemlichkeit — contentment, ease
• German: Komfort — contentment, ease
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti) — contentment, ease
• Greek: άνεση (ánesi) — contentment, ease
• Ancient Greek: ἄνεσις (ánesis) — contentment, ease
• Hebrew: נוחות (nokhút) — contentment, ease
• Hindi: आराम (ārām) — contentment, ease
• Hindi: सुखद (sukhad) — contentment, ease
• Hungarian: kényelem — contentment, ease
• Indonesian: kenyamanan — contentment, ease
• Irish: compord — contentment, ease
• Irish: só — contentment, ease
• Old Irish: sádaile — contentment, ease
• Old Irish: sádailecht — contentment, ease
• Italian: agio — contentment, ease
• Italian: comodità — contentment, ease
• Japanese: 快適さ (kaitekisa) — contentment, ease
• Kazakh: ыңғайлық (yñğailyq) — contentment, ease
• Latvian: ērtība — contentment, ease
• Macedonian: удобност (udobnost) — contentment, ease
• Malayalam: സുഖം (sukhaṁ) — contentment, ease
• Māori: oranga ngākau — contentment, ease
• Māori: āhurutanga — contentment, ease
• Māori: hāneaneatanga — contentment, ease
• Papiamentu: fasilidat — contentment, ease
• Persian: راحت (râhat) — contentment, ease
• Persian: آسایش (âsâyeš) — contentment, ease
• Plautdietsch: Jemak — contentment, ease
• Polish: wygoda — contentment, ease
• Polish: komfort — contentment, ease
• Portuguese: conforto — contentment, ease
• Romanian: confort — contentment, ease
• Russian: удо́бство (udóbstvo) — contentment, ease
• Russian: комфо́рт (komfórt) — contentment, ease
• Russian: ую́т (ujút) — contentment, ease
• Serbo-Croatian: komfor — contentment, ease
• Sicilian: cummidità — contentment, ease
• Sicilian: cunortu — contentment, ease
• Slovak: pohodlie — contentment, ease
• Slovene: udobje — contentment, ease
• Somali: raaxo — contentment, ease
• Spanish: comodidad — contentment, ease
• Spanish: confort — contentment, ease
• Swedish: bekvämlighet — contentment, ease
• Swedish: komfort — contentment, ease
• Tajik: қулай (qulay) — contentment, ease
• Tajik: роҳат (rohat) — contentment, ease
• Turkish: konfor — contentment, ease
• Ukrainian: зру́чність (zrúčnistʹ) — contentment, ease
• Ukrainian: вигі́дність (vyhídnistʹ) — contentment, ease
• Ukrainian: комфо́рт (komfórt) — contentment, ease
• Uyghur: پاراغەت (paraghet) — contentment, ease
• Uyghur: راھەت (rahet) — contentment, ease
• Arabic: جابر — consolation
• Bashkir: йыуаныс (yıwanıs) — consolation
• Belarusian: уцяшэ́нне (ucjašénnje) — consolation
• Belarusian: суцяшэ́нне (sucjašénnje) — consolation
• Bengali: সান্ত্বনা (śanttona) — consolation
• Bulgarian: утеха (uteha) — consolation
• Catalan: consol — consolation
• Chinese Mandarin: 安慰 (ānwèi) — consolation
• Czech: pohodlí — consolation
• Danish: trøst — consolation
• Dutch: troost — consolation
• Faroese: uggi — consolation
• Finnish: lohtu — consolation
• Finnish: lohdutus — consolation
• Galician: consolo — consolation
• Galician: bago — consolation
• Galician: albenda — consolation
• Galician: conorto — consolation
• Galician: conforto — consolation
• German: Trost — consolation
• German: Tröstung — consolation
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gaþlaihts) — consolation
• Greek: παρηγοριά (parigoriá) — consolation
• Hebrew: נחמה (nekhamá) — consolation
• Hindi: सांत्वना (sāntvanā) — consolation
• Hungarian: vigasz — consolation
• Hungarian: vigasztalás — consolation
• Icelandic: huggun — consolation
• Irish: sólás — consolation
• Japanese: 慰め (nagusame) — consolation
• Kazakh: жұбаныш (jūbanyş) — consolation
• Latin: sōlāmen — consolation
• Latvian: mierinājums — consolation
• Malayalam: സമാധാനം (samādhānaṁ) — consolation
• Māori: tupoho — consolation
• Old Church Slavonic: оувѣтъ (uvětŭ) — consolation
• Plautdietsch: Troost — consolation
• Polish: pociecha — consolation
• Portuguese: conforto — consolation
• Portuguese: consolo — consolation
• Romanian: consolare — consolation
• Russian: утеше́ние (utešénije) — consolation
• Serbo-Croatian: utjeha — consolation
• Serbo-Croatian: uteha — consolation
• Spanish: consuelo — consolation
• Swedish: tröst — consolation
• Tocharian B: tsārwäṣṣälyñe — consolation
• Ukrainian: утіша́ння (utišánnja) — consolation
• Walloon: ricfoirt — consolation
• Welsh: cysur — consolation
• Yiddish: טרייסט (treyst) — consolation
• Bulgarian: разтуха (raztuha) — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Bulgarian: облекчение (oblekčenie) — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Catalan: benestar — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Chinese Mandarin: 安逸 (ānyì) — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Dutch: troost — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Dutch: gemak — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Finnish: helpotus — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Galician: consolo — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Galician: bago — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Galician: albenda — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Galician: conorto — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Galician: conforto — cause of relief or satisfaction
• German: Trost — cause of relief or satisfaction
• German: Tröstung — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Hebrew: נחמה (nekhamá) — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Hungarian: enyhület — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Indonesian: kepuasan — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Portuguese: conforto — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Portuguese: consolo — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Russian: уте́ха (utéxa) — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Russian: утеше́ние (utešénije) — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Serbo-Croatian: utjeha — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Serbo-Croatian: uteha — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Swedish: tröst — cause of relief or satisfaction
• Arabic: وَاسَى (wāsā) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Arabic: عَزَّى (ʕazzā) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Arabic: سَلَّى (sallā) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Armenian: մխիթարել (mxitʻarel) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Armenian: սփոփել (spʻopʻel) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Azerbaijani: ürək-dirək vermək — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Belarusian: супако́йваць (supakójvacʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Belarusian: супако́іць (supakóicʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Belarusian: заспако́йваць (zaspakójvacʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Belarusian: заспако́іць (zaspakóicʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Belarusian: уцяша́ць (ucjašácʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Belarusian: уце́шыць (ucjéšycʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Bulgarian: утешавам (utešavam) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Bulgarian: успокоявам (uspokojavam) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Catalan: consolar — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Catalan: confortar — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Chinese Mandarin: 安慰 (ānwèi) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬慰 /宽慰 (kuānwèi) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Ngazidja Comorian: utruliza — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Danish: trøste — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Dutch: troosten — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Elfdalian: ugga — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Elfdalian: trösta — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Faroese: ugga — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Faroese: troysta — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Finnish: lohduttaa — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Finnish: rauhoittaa — to provide comfort to — see also console
• French: consoler — to provide comfort to — see also console
• West-Frisian: treastgje — to provide comfort to — see also console
• German: trösten — to provide comfort to — see also console
• German: ermutigen — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gaþlaihan) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þrafstjan) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Greek: παρηγορώ (parigoró) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Ancient Greek: παρηγορέω (parēgoréō) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Hebrew: הרגיע (hirgía) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Hebrew: ניחם (nikhém) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Hindi: सांत्वना (sāntvanā) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Hungarian: vigasztal — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Icelandic: hugga — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Japanese: 慰める (nagumeru) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Kalmyk: төвкнүлх (tövknülx) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Kazakh: жұбату (jūbatu) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Kazakh: уату (uatu) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Latin: consōlor — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Latin: alloquor — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Portuguese: confortar — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Portuguese: reconfortar — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Russian: успока́ивать (uspokáivatʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Russian: успоко́ить (uspokóitʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Russian: утеша́ть (utešátʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Russian: уте́шить (utéšitʹ) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Sicilian: cunurtari — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Sicilian: cunzulari — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Slovak: uteší — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Spanish: confortar — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Swedish: trösta — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Turkish: ferahlatmak — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Turkish: teselli etmek — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Ukrainian: заспоко́ювати (zaspokójuvaty) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Ukrainian: заспоко́їти (zaspokójity) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Ukrainian: утиша́ти (utyšáty) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Ukrainian: ути́шити (utýšyty) — to provide comfort to — see also console
• Yiddish: טרייסטן (treystn) — to provide comfort to — see also console