consoler

English

Etymology

console +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

consoler (plural consolers)

1. One who gives consolation.
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     Grieving apparently wasn't a full-time job, however, since Hank up and married a gal named Billie Jean and daddied a daughter by yet another consoler.

Synonyms

• reliever
• sympathizer

Translations

one who gives consolation

• Dutch: trooster (nl) m
• French: consolateur (fr) m
• Latin: consōlātor m
• Polish: pocieszyciel (pl) m
• Swahili: mfariji

Anagrams

• Coronels, coloners, coronels, necrosol

French

Etymology

From Latin cōnsolārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/

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Verb

consoler

1. to comfort, console

Conjugation

Conjugation of consoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	consoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	consolant /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		consolé /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	console /kɔ̃.sɔl/	consoles /kɔ̃.sɔl/	console /kɔ̃.sɔl/	consolons /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɔ̃/	consolez /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/	consolent /kɔ̃.sɔl/
	imperfect	consolais /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/	consolais /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/	consolait /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/	consolions /kɔ̃.sɔ.ljɔ̃/	consoliez /kɔ̃.sɔ.lje/	consolaient /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	consolai /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/	consolas /kɔ̃.sɔ.la/	consola /kɔ̃.sɔ.la/	consolâmes /kɔ̃.sɔ.lam/	consolâtes /kɔ̃.sɔ.lat/	consolèrent /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	consolerai /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁe/	consoleras /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁa/	consolera /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁa/	consolerons /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɔ̃/	consolerez /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁe/	consoleront /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	consolerais /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/	consolerais /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/	consolerait /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/	consolerions /kɔ̃.sɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	consoleriez /kɔ̃.sɔ.lə.ʁje/	consoleraient /kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	console /kɔ̃.sɔl/	consoles /kɔ̃.sɔl/	console /kɔ̃.sɔl/	consolions /kɔ̃.sɔ.ljɔ̃/	consoliez /kɔ̃.sɔ.lje/	consolent /kɔ̃.sɔl/
	imperfect2	consolasse /kɔ̃.sɔ.las/	consolasses /kɔ̃.sɔ.las/	consolât /kɔ̃.sɔ.la/	consolassions /kɔ̃.sɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	consolassiez /kɔ̃.sɔ.la.sje/	consolassent /kɔ̃.sɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	console /kɔ̃.sɔl/	—	consolons /kɔ̃.sɔ.lɔ̃/	consolez /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• consolateur
• consolation

Further reading

• “consoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

cōnsōler

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of cōnsōlor