noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒn.səʊl/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈkɒn.sɒʊl]
General-American, dialectal:/ˈkɑn.soʊl/of Canada
California:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, dialectal:/ˈkɒn.soʊl/of the US
Australian:/ˈkɔn.səʉl/
New-Zealand:/ˈkɒn.sɐʉl/
New-Zealand:[ˈkɔ̟n.sɐʉl]
Scotland:/ˈkɔn.sol/
Wales:/ˈkɔn.soːl/
Received-Pronunciation:kənsōlʹ
Received-Pronunciation:/kənˈsəʊl/
US:kənsōlʹ
US:/kənˈsoʊl/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -əʊl
CMU ARPABET:K AA1 N S OW0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:K AH0 N S OW1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The film's music blared from the console.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
Ellipsis of video game console.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Examples
Consoles continue to gain traction in the video game market.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
Examples
Could you put my phone in the centre console?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bracket
8
noun
Meaning 8
A cantilever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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10
verb
Meaning 10
To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cabinet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: housing
12
noun
Meaning 12
an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the bust of Napoleon stood on a console
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bracket, wall bracket
13
noun
Meaning 13
a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scientific instrument
14
noun
Meaning 14
a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: console table
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: table
15
verb
Meaning 15
give moral or emotional strength to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Borrowed from French console (“bracket”, noun), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”, verb). Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consolateur (“consoler”), itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load). Originally used for the bracket itself, then for wall-mounted tables (mounted with a bracket), then for free-standing tables placed against a wall. Use for control system dates at least to 1880s for an “organ console”; use for electrical or electronic control systems dates at least to 1930s in radio, television, and system control, particularly as “mixer console” or “control console”, attached to an equipment rack. This was popularized in computers by mainframes such as the IBM 704 (1954) in terms such as “operator’s console” or “console typewriter”, and then generalized to any attached equipment, particularly for user interaction. The automotive sense harks back to earlier use as “support”.
Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh2- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace).
Across languages
Translations
133 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
конзола
(konzola)
— stand-alone cabinet housing home entertainment equipment
Polish:
konsola
— stand-alone cabinet housing home entertainment equipment
Finnish:
ohjauskaappi
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Finnish:
ohjauspöytä
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Hindi:
कंसोल
(kansol)
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Ido:
konsolo
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Māori:
paewhiri
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Māori:
papatohu
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Polish:
konsola
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Russian:
пульт
(pulʹt)
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Swedish:
manöverpanel
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Swedish:
kontrollpanel
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Vietnamese:
bàn điều khiển
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Vietnamese:
bàn kiểm soát
— cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays
Finnish:
työpiste
— keyboard and screen
Portuguese:
console
— keyboard and screen
Portuguese:
consola
— keyboard and screen
Vietnamese:
bảng điều khiển
— keyboard and screen
Vietnamese:
bảng kiểm soát
— keyboard and screen
Bulgarian:
конзола
(konzola)
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Catalan:
consola
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Danish:
konsol
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Danish:
spillekonsol
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Esperanto:
konzolo
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Finnish:
pelikonsoli
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Finnish:
konsoli
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
French:
console
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
French:
console de jeu
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
German:
Konsole
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
German:
Spielkonsole
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Greek:
παιχνιδοκονσόλα
(paichnidokonsóla)
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Hungarian:
konzol
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Italian:
console
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Italian:
consolle
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Japanese:
ゲーム機
(geemuki)
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Norwegian:
konsoll
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Occitan:
consòla
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Portuguese:
console
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Portuguese:
consola
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Romanian:
consolă
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Russian:
консо́ль
(konsólʹ)
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Russian:
приста́вка
(pristávka)
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Scots:
console
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Serbo-Croatian:
konzola
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Spanish:
consola
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Swedish:
konsol
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Swedish:
spelkonsol
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Turkish:
konsol
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Turkish:
oyun konsolu
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Ukrainian:
приста́вка
(prystávka)
— video games: device dedicated to playing video games
Bulgarian:
конзола
(konzola)
— automotive: storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile
Finnish:
keskikonsoli
— automotive: storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile
Spanish:
consola
— automotive: storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile
Bulgarian:
конзола
(konzola)
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Danish:
konsol
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Finnish:
olkakivi
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
German:
Konsole
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
German:
Kragstein
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Ido:
konsolo
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Polish:
konsola
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Portuguese:
consola
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Swedish:
konsol
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Ukrainian:
консо́ль
(konsólʹ)
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Ukrainian:
кронште́йн
(kronštéjn)
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Vietnamese:
công xon
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Vietnamese:
rầm chìa
— architecture: ornamental member jutting out of a wall
Albanian:
ngushëlloj
— to comfort
Arabic:
وَاسَى
(wāsā)
— to comfort
Arabic:
عَزَّى
(ʕazzā)
— to comfort
Arabic:
سَلَّى
(sallā)
— to comfort
Armenian:
մխիթարել
(mxitʻarel)
— to comfort
Armenian:
սփոփել
(spʻopʻel)
— to comfort
Azerbaijani:
ürək-dirək vermək
— to comfort
Belarusian:
уцяша́ць
(ucjašácʹ)
— to comfort
Belarusian:
уце́шыць
(ucjéšycʹ)
— to comfort
Belarusian:
заспако́йваць
(zaspakójvacʹ)
— to comfort
