condolences

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin condoleo (“I feel another's pain”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdoʊlənsəz/, /ˈkɒndələnsəz/

• Audio (plural, US):

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Noun

condolences

1. plural of condolence
2. (plural only) comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died

   I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.

Translations

sympathy

• Berber:

  Tashelhit: afcad m (afshad)

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• Dutch: innige deelneming
• Finnish: osanotto (fi)
• Hungarian: részvét (hu)

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• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} sožalje n
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See also

• condolence

Interjection

condolences

1. Expressing perfunctory or jocular condolence wishes.
   • 1992, Martin Cruz Smith, Red Square, page 120:

     "What were you doing at the cemetery?" / "Burying my father." / "Oh." Rodionov grunted as if he had expected a more imaginative excuse. "Condolences."

   • 2008 July 15, NPR, “When Does It Go Too Far?”, in Talk of the Nation:

     Let's get another caller on the line. This is Camille. Camille with us from Visalia in California. / Visalia, California that's correct. / Go ahead please. / Hi. I'm an African-American woman and when I first saw the cover - let me preface this. I'm in central California, which is very conservative. And... / Condolences.

Translations

funeral expression

• Esperanto: kondolencon, kondolencojn pl
• Finnish: otan osaa
• French: mes condoléances, toutes mes condoléances
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• Greek: συλλυπητήρια (el) n pl (syllypitíria), ζωή σε σας (zoḯ se sas)
• Spanish: pésame (es) m

Antonyms

• congratulations