Phrase guide

offer one's condolences

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

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verb

Meaning 1

To offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • The president offered his condolences to the mother of the dead soldier.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 弔唁 /吊唁 (diàoyàn) — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Czech: upřímnou soustrast — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Dutch: condoleren — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Finnish: otan osaa — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Finnish: esittää osanottonsa — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • French: présenter ses condoléances — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • German: sein Beileid aussprechen — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Hungarian: részvétét kifejezi — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Icelandic: votta samúð sína — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Indonesian: berbelasungkawa — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Irish: comhbhrón a dhéanamh le — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Japanese: 哀悼の意を表する (aitō no i o hyō suru) — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Korean: 애도의 뜻을 표하다 (aedo-ui tteus-eul pyohada) — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kondolerer — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kondolerar — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Russian: выража́ть соболе́знования (vyražátʹ soboléznovanija) — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Russian: вы́разить соболе́знования (výrazitʹ soboléznovanija) — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Serbo-Croatian: dati sućut — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Swedish: kondolera — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Vietnamese: chia buồn — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • Vietnamese: phân ưu — offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one