condolence

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /kənˈdoʊləns/

Noun

condolence

1. (uncountable) Comfort, support or sympathy.

   There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.

2. (countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

   I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.

Translations

• French: réconfort
• German: Beileid, Anteilnahme
• Italian: conforto
• Russian: сочу́вствие

Translations

• French: condoléances
• German: Kondolenz
• Italian: condoglianze
• Portuguese: condolência, pêsame
• Russian: соболе́знование
• Spanish: pésame

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