solace

WOTD – 13 March 2007    

English

Etymology

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɒ.lɪs/
• (US) enPR: sŏʹlace, IPA: /ˈsɑː.lɪs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪs

Noun

solace (countable and uncountable; plural solaces)

1. Comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
2. A source of comfort or consolation.

   You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.

   • Rambler

     The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

Synonyms

• comfort
• consolation
• relief
• support

Derived terms

• solaceful
• solacement

Translations

consolation

• Catalan: consol (ca)
• Czech: útěcha (cs) f
• Danish: trøst (da)
• Dutch: troost (nl) m, soelaas (nl) n
• Finnish: lohtu (fi), lohdutus (fi)
• French: consolation (fr), réconfort (fr)
• Georgian: ნუგეში (ka) (nugeši)
• German: Trost (de) m
• Greek: παρηγοριά (el) (parigoriá) f
• Hebrew: נחמה (he) (nekhamá) f
• Hungarian: vigasz (hu)

• Italian: consolazione (it) f, conforto (it) m
• Korean: 위안 (ko)
• Norwegian: trøst (no)
• Polish: pociecha (pl) f
• Portuguese: consolo (pt) m
• Romanian: consolare (ro) f, reconfortare (ro) f
• Russian: утешение (ru) (ut'ešénije) n, смягчение (ru) (sm'axčénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: sòlas (gd) m
• Slovak: útecha (sk) f
• Spanish: consuelo (es) m, solaz (es) m
• Swedish: tröst (sv)

source of comfort

• Czech: útěcha (cs) f
• Danish: trøst (da)
• Dutch: troost (nl) m, soelaas (nl) n
• Finnish: lohtu (fi), lohdutus (fi)
• French: consolation (fr), réconfort (fr)
• German: Trost (de) m
• Hungarian: vigasztalás (hu), enyhülés (hu)

• Italian: consolazione (it) f, conforto (it) m
• Norwegian: trøst (no)
• Polish: pociecha (pl) f
• Portuguese: consolo (pt) m
• Slovak: útecha (sk) f
• Spanish: consuelo (es) m
• Swedish: tröst (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: solaç (ca)

Spanish: solaz (es) 

• Greek: παρηγοριά (el) (parigoriá), ανακούφιση (el) (anakoúfisi)
• Ido: konsolaco (io)

Verb

solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)

1. To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
2. To allay or assuage.
3. (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Translations

to give solace to

• Czech: utěšit (cs)
• Dutch: troosten (nl)
• Finnish: lohduttaa (fi), piristää (fi)
• French: soulager (fr), consoler (fr)

• German: trösten (de)
• Hungarian: vigasztal (hu)
• Polish: przynosić pociechę
• Portuguese: consolar (pt), reconfortar (pt)

to allay, assuage

• Finnish: lievittää (fi)

• Hungarian: enyhít (hu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Greek: παρηγορώ (el) (parigoró), ανακουφίζω (el) (anakoufízo), ησυχάζω (el) (isycházo)

• Ido: konsolacar (io)
• Romanian: a consola (ro), a reconforta (ro), a alina (ro)
• Swedish: trösta (sv)

Anagrams

• acoels