solace
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See also: solące
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒl.ɪs/
- (General American) enPR: sŏlʹĭs, IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.ɪs/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒlɪs
Noun[edit]
solace (countable and uncountable, plural solaces)
- Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
- You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.
- 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.
- September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
consolation
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source of comfort
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Verb[edit]
solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)
- (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
- (transitive) To allay or assuage.
- (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.
- c. 1591–1595, 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 606515358, [Act IV, scene v]:
- But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in,
And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.
Translations[edit]
to give solace to
to allay, assuage
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Verb[edit]
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