console
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See also consolé
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From French console (“a bracket”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒn.səʊl/, SAMPA: /"kQn.s@Ul/
- (US) IPA: /ˈkɑːn.soʊl/, SAMPA: /"kAn.soUl/
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[edit] Noun
console (plural consoles)
- A cabinet designed to stand on the floor, esp. one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
- A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
- The keyboard and screen of a computer.
- A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
- (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability to change games.
- (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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- (RP) enPR: kənsōlʹ, IPA: /kənˈsəʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"s@Ul/
- (US) enPR: kənsōlʹ, IPA: /kənˈsoʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"soUl/
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- Rhymes: -əʊl
[edit] Verb
console (third-person singular simple present consoles, present participle consoling, simple past and past participle consoled)
- (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
- 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."
- 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
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to comfort
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[edit] French
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console
- first-person singular present indicative of consoler
- third-person singular present indicative of consoler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of consoler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of consoler
- second-person singular imperative of consoler
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin cōnsul.
[edit] Noun
console m. (plural consoli)
