console

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From French console (a bracket)

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Singular
console

Plural
consoles

console (plural consoles)

  1. A cabinet designed to stand on the floor.
  2. A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
  3. The keyboard and screen of a computer.
  4. A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
  5. (video games) A video game console, especially as opposed to a handheld.
  6. (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
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[edit] Etymology 2

From French consoler, from Latin consolari (offer solace)

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Infinitive
to console

Third person singular
consoles

Simple past
consoled

Past participle
consoled

Present participle
consoling

to console (third-person singular simple present consoles, present participle consoling, simple past and past participle consoled)

  1. (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
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console

  1. first-person singular present indicative of consoler.
  2. third-person singular present indicative of consoler.
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of consoler.
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of consoler.
  5. second-person singular imperative of consoler.

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console m. (plural consoli)

  1. consul

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