Condole

  

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Condole

Definition: Condole

Condole

Verb

1. Express one's sympathetic grieve, as on the death of someone to his survivors.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "condole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)


Specialty Definition: Condole

DomainDefinition

Satire

CONDOLE, v.i. To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Politics & International Affaires

With. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Condole

Synonym: Commiserate. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Condole

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Condolence

Verb: condole with, console, sympathize express pity, testify pity; afford consolation, supply consolation; lament; with; express sympathy for; feel grief in common with, feel sorrow in common with; share one's sorrow.

Lamentation

Verb: lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over; bewail, bemoan; condole with; fret; (suffer); wear mourning, go into mourning, put on mourning; wear the willow, wear sackcloth and ashes; infandum renovare dolorem; (regret); give sorrow words.

Pity

Verb: pity; have pity, show pity, take pity; Noun: commiserate, compassionate; condole; sympathize; feel for, be sorry for, yearn for; weep, melt, thaw, enter into the feelings of.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Condole

English words defined with "condole": Condoled, Condoling. (references)
Specialty definitions using "condole": Zophar. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Condole

"Condole" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Condole" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Condole

Expressions using "condole": condole with condole with smb.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Condole

Language Translations for "condole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ngushëlloj (comfort, commiserate with, console, relieve, solace). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عزى (comfort, solace), ‏آسي شاطره اساه. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съчувствувам (commiserate, compassionate, sympathize), изказвам съболезнования (commiserate). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

" (condole with, hang), " (condole with), (condole with). (various references)

   

Czech

  

projevit soustrast. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تسلیت دادن (Console), اظهارتاسف کردن (Commiserate). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valittaa (appeal, be sorry, be sorry about, bewail, complain, deplore, groan, lodge a complaint, moan, protest, regret). (various references)

   

French

  

exprimer ses condoléances. (various references)

   

German

  

kondolieren (condole with, express condolences, offer smb.'s condolences, to condole). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συλλυπούμαι. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"שתתף בצער (feel for him, sympathize), ל חם (comfort, console, solace). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

együtt érez valakivel. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ikut berduka cita. (various references)

   

Italian

  

fare le condoglianze. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"う (to condole, to hold a memorial service for, to mourn for). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

とぶらう (to condole, to hold a memorial service for, to mourn for), とむらう (to condole, to hold a memorial service for, to mourn for). (various references)

   

Manx

  

dy chocheayney. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ondolecay

   

Portuguese

  

compadecer-se (pity, relent), exprimir condolências, das pêsames. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

îşi exprima simpatia (condole with), îşi exprima compãtimire (condole with). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сочувствовать (commiserate, empathize, empathize with, sympathize, sympathize with), соболезновать (commiserate). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

izjaviti saučešće. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

condolerse (sympathize). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kondolera (condole with). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

başsağlığı dilemek (commiserate, sympathize), acısını paylaşmak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

співчувати (commiserate, compassion, compassionate, empathize, feel for, feel sorry, have pity, pity, sympathize, warm, yearn), висловлювати співчуття (offer one's condolences), оплакувати (bemoan, bewail, cry over, deplore, moan, mourn, sigh, weep), журитися (bewail, worry). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Condole

Derivations

Words beginning with "condole": condoled, condolence, condolences, condoler, condolers, condoles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Condole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: candola, concol, condle, condol, condome, condore, condylar, Congdell, Conholt, conjole, conola, conole, Conoley, convol, Coodale, Cornholme, Cromdale, Jonjoli, Karndoli. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Condole

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-l-n-o-o"

-1 letter: cloned, colone, cooled, locoed, noodle.

-2 letters: clone, coden, codon, coled, colon, condo, coned, cooed, dolce, loden, looed, odeon, olden.

-3 letters: clod, clon, code, coed, cold, cole, cone, cool, coon, deco, dole, done, enol, lend, leno, loco, lode, lone, loon, node, noel, nolo, oleo, once.

-4 letters: cel, cod, col, con, coo, del, den, doc, doe.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-l-n-o-o"
 

+1 letter: canoodle, cologned, condoled, condoler, condoles, consoled, monocled, uncooled.

 

+2 letters: canoodled, canoodles, closedown, colonised, colonized, colonnade, condolers, conglobed, convolved, cotyledon, decontrol, lancewood, uncolored, undercool.

 

+3 letters: candlewood, closedowns, colonnaded, colonnades, condolence, condonable, controlled, convoluted, coromandel, cotyledons, decolonize, decoloring, decontrols, lancewoods, noncolored, undercools, unschooled.

 

+4 letters: candlewoods, cocounseled, condolences, conglobated, consolidate, coromandels, decollation, decolonized, decolonizes, decolouring, dendrologic, dicotyledon, nickelodeon, recolonized, scolopendra, undercooled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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