Phrase guide

consolation prize

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

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Across languages

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29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 安慰獎 /安慰奖 (ānwèijiǎng) — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Czech: cena útěchy — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Dutch: troostprijs — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Esperanto: konsolpremio — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Finnish: lohdutuspalkinto — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • French: prix de consolation — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • French: lot de consolation — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • German: Trostpreis — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Hebrew: פְּרַס תַּנְחוּמִים (pras tanẖumím) — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Hungarian: vigaszdíj — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Icelandic: huggunarverðlaun — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Icelandic: uppbótarverðlaun — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Indonesian: juara harapan — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Italian: premio di consolazione — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Japanese: 残念賞 (zannenshou) — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Macedonian: утешна награда (utešna nagrada) — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Malayalam: പ്രോത്സാഹന സമ്മാനം (prōtsāhana sammānaṁ) — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Polish: nagroda pocieszenia — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Portuguese: prêmio de consolação — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Portuguese: prémio de consolação — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Spanish: premio de consolación — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Spanish: premio de consuelo — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Spanish: premio consolador — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Spanish: premio consolativo — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Spanish: premio consolatorio — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Swedish: tröstpris — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Thai: รางวัลปลอบใจ (raang-wan-bplɔ̀ɔp-jai) — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Turkish: teselli mükâfatı — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
  • Turkish: teselli ödülü — award given to persons or groups of people who do not win