noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/kənˈdoʊləns/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Comfort, support or sympathy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, plural-normally
Examples
I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an expression of sympathy with another's grief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they sent their condolences
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: commiseration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ցավակցություն
(cʻavakcʻutʻyun)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Armenian:
կարեկցանք
(karekcʻankʻ)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Belarusian:
спачува́нне
(spačuvánnje)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Bulgarian:
съчу́вствие
(sǎčúvstvie)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Chinese Mandarin:
同情
(tóngqíng)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Chinese Mandarin:
愛心 /爱心
(àixīn)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Czech:
soustrast
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Finnish:
osanotto
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Finnish:
myötätunto
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Finnish:
pahoittelu
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
French:
réconfort
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Georgian:
თანაგრძნობა
(tanagrʒnoba)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
German:
Beileid
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
German:
Anteilnahme
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Italian:
conforto
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Japanese:
同情
(dōjō)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Korean:
동정
(dongjeong)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Macedonian:
сочувство
(sočuvstvo)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Polish:
współczucie
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Romanian:
compătimire
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Romanian:
consolare
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Russian:
сочу́вствие
(sočúvstvije)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Russian:
соболе́знование
(soboléznovanije)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Slovak:
sústrasť
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Ukrainian:
співчуття́
(spivčuttjá)
— comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences
Arabic:
تَأْسِيَة
(taʔsiya)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Arabic:
تَعْزِيَة
(taʕziya)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Armenian:
ցավակցություն
(cʻavakcʻutʻyun)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Azerbaijani:
başsağlığı
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Belarusian:
спачува́нне
(spačuvánnje)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Bulgarian:
съболе́знования
(sǎboléznovanija)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Catalan:
condol
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Chinese Mandarin:
哀悼
(āidào)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Chinese Mandarin:
吊慰
(diàowèi)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Czech:
kondolence
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Czech:
soustrast
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Danish:
kondolence
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Dutch:
condoleance
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Estonian:
kaastunne
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Estonian:
kaastundeavaldus
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Finnish:
osanotto
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Finnish:
surunvalittelu
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
French:
condoléances
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
German:
Kondolenz
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Hungarian:
részvét
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Italian:
condoglianze
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Japanese:
お悔やみ
(okuyami)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Japanese:
哀悼
(aitō)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Japanese:
弔意
(chōi)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Korean:
애도
(aedo)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Korean:
조의
(joui)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Norwegian Bokmål:
kondolanse
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Polish:
kondolencje
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Portuguese:
condolência
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Portuguese:
pêsame
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Romanian:
condoleanțe
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Russian:
соболе́знование
(soboléznovanije)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Russian:
соболе́знования
(soboléznovanija)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Slovak:
kondolencia
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Slovak:
sústrasť
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Spanish:
pésame
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Spanish:
péname
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Spanish:
condolencia
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Swedish:
kondoleans
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Tagalog:
hingaba
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Tagalog:
paghihingaba
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Tagalog:
pakikiramay
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Tashelhit:
afcad
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Turkish:
başsağlığı
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Turkish:
taziye
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences
Ukrainian:
співчуття́
(spivčuttjá)
— sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences