solace

See also: solące

English

WOTD – 13 March 2007

Etymology

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.ɪs/
• (General American) enPR: sŏlʹĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lɪs/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl.ɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪs

Noun

solace (countable and uncountable, plural solaces)

1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.

   You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.

2. A source of comfort or consolation.
   • September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler

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

Synonyms

• comfort
• compassion
• consolation
• relief
• support

 

Derived terms

• solaceful
• solacement

 

Translations

consolation

• Azerbaijani: təsəlli, təskin, təskinlik
• Bashkir: йыуаныс (yıwanıs)
• Bulgarian: утешение (bg) n (utešenie)
• Catalan: consol (ca) m
• Czech: útěcha f
• Danish: trøst (da)
• Dutch: troost (nl) m, soelaas (nl) n
• Faroese: troyst f
• Finnish: lohtu (fi), lohdutus (fi)
• French: consolation (fr), réconfort (fr)
• Galician: solaz m
• Georgian: ნუგეში (nugeši)
• German: Trost (de) m
• Greek: παρηγοριά (el) f (parigoriá)
• Hebrew: נחמה‎ (he) f (nekhamá)
• Hungarian: vigasz (hu), vigasztalás (hu), megnyugtatás, megnyugvás (hu)
• Ido: konsolaco (io)
• Italian: consolazione (it) f, conforto (it) m
• Korean: 위안 (ko) (wian)
• Latin: solacium n
• Maori: oranga ngākau
• Norwegian: trøst
• Persian: تسلی‎ (fa) (tasalli)
• Plautdietsch: Troost m
• Polish: pociecha (pl) f
• Portuguese: consolo (pt) m
• Romanian: consolare (ro) f, reconfortare (ro) f
• Russian: утеше́ние (ru) n (utešénije), смягче́ние (ru) n (smjaxčénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: sòlas m
• Slovak: útecha f
• Spanish: consuelo (es) m, solaz (es) m
• Swedish: tröst (sv)
• Turkish: teselli (tr)

source of comfort

• Bulgarian: утеха (bg) f (uteha)
• Catalan: consol (ca) m
• Czech: útěcha f
• Danish: trøst (da)
• Dutch: troost (nl) m, soelaas (nl) n
• Finnish: lohtu (fi), lohdutus (fi)
• French: consolation (fr), réconfort (fr)
• Galician: solaz
• German: Trost (de) m
• Hungarian: vigasz (hu), támasz (hu)
• Italian: consolazione (it) f, conforto (it) m
• Latin: solacium n
• Maori: oranga ngākau
• Norwegian: trøst
• Persian: دلخوشی‎ (fa) (del-xoši)
• Plautdietsch: Troost m
• Polish: pociecha (pl) f
• Portuguese: consolo (pt) m
• Slovak: útecha f
• Spanish: consuelo (es) m
• Swedish: tröst (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} konsolaco (io)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
2. (transitive) To allay or assuage.
3. (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

     But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in,
     And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.

Translations

to give solace to

• Bulgarian: утешавам (bg) (utešavam)
• Czech: utěšit
• Dutch: troosten (nl)
• Finnish: lohduttaa (fi), piristää (fi)
• French: soulager (fr), consoler (fr)
• German: trösten (de)
• Greek: παρηγορώ (el) (parigoró)
• Spanish: solazar (es), consolar (es)
• Hungarian: vigasztal (hu), vigaszt nyújt, megnyugtat (hu)
• Ido: konsolacar (io)
• Polish: przynosić pociechę
• Portuguese: consolar (pt), reconfortar (pt)
• Russian: утеша́ть (ru) (utešátʹ)
• Swedish: trösta (sv)

to allay, assuage

• Bulgarian: успокоявам (bg) (uspokojavam)
• Czech: utišit (cs), ztišit
• Finnish: lievittää (fi)
• Greek: ανακουφίζω (el) (anakoufízo)
• Hungarian: enyhít (hu), csillapít (hu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} konsolacar (io)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} consola (ro), ^{(please verify)} reconforta (ro), ^{(please verify)} alina (ro)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} trösta (sv)

Related terms

• console

Anagrams

• Coales, acoels, coales

Spanish

Verb

solace

1. inflection of solazar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative