solace
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *sōlh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒ.lɪs/
- (US) enPR: sŏʹlace, IPA(key): /ˈsɑː.lɪs/
-
Audio (US) (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.
- Rambler
- The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
- Rambler
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
consolation
|
|
source of comfort
- 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
Verb[edit]
solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)
- To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
- To allay or assuage.
- (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.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, IV. v. 48:
Translations[edit]
to give solace to
to allay, assuage
- 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
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
solace
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar