solace

See also: solące

English

WOTD – 13 March 2007

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French solas, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sōlh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒ.lɪs/
• enPR: sŏʹlace, IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.lɪs/

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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 (yıwanıs)
• Catalan: consol (ca)
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} solaç (ca)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} konsolaco (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} solaz (es)

Verb

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ανακουφίζω (el) (anakoufízo)
• Hungarian: enyhít (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: a ^{(please verify)} consola (ro), a ^{(please verify)} reconforta (ro), a ^{(please verify)} alina (ro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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.