solace

English

WOTD – 13 March 2007

Etymology

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *sōlh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒ.lɪs/
• (US) enPR: sŏʹlace, IPA^(key): /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 loneliness or distress.

   You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.

2. A source of comfort or consolation.
   • Rambler

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

Synonyms

• comfort
• consolation
• relief
• support
• compassion

Derived terms

• solaceful
• solacement

Translations

consolation

• Bashkir: йыуаныс (yïwanïs)
• Catalan: consol
• Czech: útěcha f
• Danish: trøst (da)
• Dutch: troost (nl) m, soelaas (nl) n
• Finnish: lohtu, lohdutus (fi)
• French: consolation (fr), réconfort (fr)
• Georgian: ნუგეში (nugeši)
• German: Trost (de) m
• Greek: παρηγοριά (el) f (parigoriá)
• Hebrew: נחמה‎ (he) f (nekhamá)
• Hungarian: vigasz (hu)
• Ido: konsolaco (io)
• Italian: consolazione (it) f, conforto (it) m

• Korean: 위안 (ko) (wian)
• Maori: oranga ngākau
• Norwegian: trøst
• Persian: تسلی‎ (fa) (tasalli)
• 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

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

• Maori: oranga ngākau
• Norwegian: trøst
• Persian: دلخوشی‎ (fa) (del-xoši)
• 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} solaz (es)

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.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, IV. v. 48:

     But one thing to rejoice and solace in, / And cruel death hath catched it from my sight.

Translations

to give solace to

• Czech: utěšit
• Dutch: troosten (nl)
• Finnish: lohduttaa (fi), piristää (fi)
• French: soulager (fr), consoler (fr)
• German: trösten (de)
• Greek: παρηγορώ (el) (parigoró)

• Hungarian: vigasztal (hu)
• Ido: konsolacar (io)
• Polish: przynosić pociechę
• Portuguese: consolar (pt), reconfortar (pt)
• Russian: утеша́ть (ru) (utešátʹ)

to allay, assuage

• Czech: utišit (cs), ztišit
• Finnish: lievittää (fi)

• Greek: ανακουφίζω (el) (anakoufízo)
• 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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} trösta (sv)

Related terms

• console

Anagrams

• Coales, acoels, coales

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Spanish

Verb

solace

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of solazarse.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of solazarse.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of solazarse.