consolation

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• General-American: /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N S AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French consolacion (French consolatio), from Latin cōnsōlātiō, from the deponent verb cōnsōlor (“I console, encourage”) with the -tiō suffix, while cōnsōlor comprises the intensifying prefix con- with the deponent verb sōlor (“I comfort, console”). Equivalent to console + -ation. Doublet of consolatio.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُوَاسَاة (muwāsāh) — act of consoling
• Azerbaijani: təsəlli — act of consoling
• Azerbaijani: təskin — act of consoling
• Azerbaijani: təskinlik — act of consoling
• Belarusian: уце́ха (ucjéxa) — act of consoling
• Belarusian: уцяшэ́нне (ucjašénnje) — act of consoling
• Bulgarian: утеха (uteha) — act of consoling
• Bulgarian: утешение (utešenie) — act of consoling
• Catalan: consol — act of consoling
• Czech: útěcha — act of consoling
• Danish: trøst — act of consoling
• Dutch: vertroosting — act of consoling
• Esperanto: konsolo — act of consoling
• French: consoler — act of consoling
• French: consolation — act of consoling
• German: Trost — act of consoling
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gaþrafsteins) — act of consoling
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gaþlaihts) — act of consoling
• Greek: παρηγοριά (parigoriá) — act of consoling
• Ancient Greek: παράκλησις (paráklēsis) — act of consoling
• Haitian Creole: konsolasyon — act of consoling
• Hebrew: נחמה — act of consoling
• Hindi: सांत्वना (sāntvanā) — act of consoling
• Hungarian: vigasztalás — act of consoling
• Hungarian: vigasz — act of consoling
• Italian: consolazione — act of consoling
• Japanese: 慰め (nagusame) — act of consoling
• Japanese: 慰安 (ian) — act of consoling
• Japanese: 慰謝 (isha) — act of consoling
• Japanese: 慰撫 (ibu) — act of consoling
• Kashubian: tróst — act of consoling
• Kazakh: жұбаныш (jūbanyş) — act of consoling
• Latin: cōnsōlātiō — act of consoling
• Latin: sōlācium — act of consoling
• Māori: tupoho — act of consoling
• Plautdietsch: Troost — act of consoling
• Polish: pocieszenie — act of consoling
• Polish: pociecha — act of consoling
• Polish: konsolacja — act of consoling
• Portuguese: consolo — act of consoling
• Portuguese: consolação — act of consoling
• Romanian: consolare — act of consoling
• Russian: утеше́ние (utešénije) — act of consoling
• Serbo-Croatian: utjeha — act of consoling
• Slovak: útecha — act of consoling
• Spanish: consolación — act of consoling
• Spanish: consuelo — act of consoling
• Swedish: tröst — act of consoling
• Tagalog: palubag-loob — act of consoling
• Tocharian B: tsārwäṣṣälyñe — act of consoling
• Ukrainian: уті́ха (utíxa) — act of consoling
• Ukrainian: утіша́ння (utišánnja) — act of consoling
• Yiddish: טרייסט (treyst) — act of consoling
• Bulgarian: утешителна награда (utešitelna nagrada) — prize for the loser
• Czech: cena útěchy — prize for the loser
• Dutch: troost — prize for the loser
• Finnish: lohdutus — prize for the loser
• Finnish: lohtu — prize for the loser
• German: Trostpreis — prize for the loser
• Hindi: तसल्ली (tasallī) — prize for the loser
• Hungarian: vigaszdíj — prize for the loser
• Japanese: 残念賞 (zannenshō) — prize for the loser
• Polish: nagroda pocieszenia — prize for the loser
• Portuguese: consolação — prize for the loser
• Russian: утеши́тельный приз (utešítelʹnyj priz) — prize for the loser
• Serbo-Croatian: utješna nagrada — prize for the loser
• Spanish: consolación — prize for the loser
• Tagalog: ambos — prize for the loser