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Definition: Condole |
CondoleVerb1. 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) |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Synonym: CondoleSynonym: Commiserate. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Condole |
| English words defined with "condole": Condoled, Condoling. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "condole": Zophar. (references) |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "condole": condole with ♦ condole with smb.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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), 喭 (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 compadecer-se (pity, relent), exprimir condolências, das pêsames. (various references) îşi exprima simpatia (condole with), îşi exprima compãtimire (condole with). (various references) сочувствовать (commiserate, empathize, empathize with, sympathize, sympathize with), соболезновать (commiserate). (various references) izjaviti saučešće. (various references) condolerse (sympathize). (various references) kondolera (condole with). (various references) başsağlığı dilemek (commiserate, sympathize), acısını paylaşmak. (various references) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "condole": condoled, condolence, condolences, condoler, condolers, condoles. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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