Condolence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an expression of sympathy with another's grief

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊntɚɹˌæps/

🇬🇧British English

/kəndˈəʊləns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kəndˈəʊləns/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊntɚɹˌæps/.

Examples

they sent their condolences

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

commiseration

Parts of Speech

noun	an expression of sympathy with another's grief “they sent their condolences”

Word Forms

condolent	adjective	expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one
condole	verb	express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death
commiserate	verb	to feel or express sympathy or compassion

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Beileid

ein Ausdruck des Mitgefühls für die Trauer eines anderen

🇫🇷French

condoléances

une expression de sympathie pour le chagrin d'autrui

🇪🇸Spanish

condolencia

una expresión de simpatía por el dolor de otra persona

🇮🇹Italian

cordoglio

un'espressione di simpatia per il dolore di un altro

🇳🇱Dutch

condoleance

een uiting van medeleven met het verdriet van iemand anders

🇵🇹Portuguese

pêsames

uma expressão de simpatia pela dor de outra pessoa

🇷🇺Russian

соболезнование

выражение сочувствия чужому горю

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शोक

दूसरे के दुःख के प्रति सहानुभूति की अभिव्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

সমবেদনা

অন্যের দুঃখের সাথে সহানুভূতির প্রকাশ

🇮🇳Tamil

இரங்கல்

மற்றொருவரின் துயரத்துடன் அனுதாபத்தின் வெளிப்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

సంతాపం

మరొకరి శోకంతో సానుభూతి యొక్క వ్యక్తీకరణ

🇮🇳Marathi

शोक

दुसऱ्याच्या दु:खाबद्दल सहानुभूतीची अभिव्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

શોક

બીજાના દુઃખ સાથે સહાનુભૂતિની અભિવ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂತಾಪ

ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರ ದುಃಖದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಹಾನುಭೂತಿಯ ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അനുശോചനം

മറ്റൊരാളുടെ ദുഃഖത്തോടുള്ള സഹതാപം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਵੇਦਨਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਦੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਹਮਦਰਦੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਵਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

تعزیت

دوسرے کے غم کے ساتھ ہمدردی کا اظہار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

慰问

对他人悲伤表示同情

🇯🇵Japanese

お悔やみ

他人の悲しみに対する同情の表現

🇰🇷Korean

조위

다른 사람의 슬픔에 대한 동정의 표현

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lời chia buồn

một biểu hiện của sự đồng cảm với nỗi đau buồn của người khác

🇹🇭Thai

ความเสียใจ

การแสดงความเห็นอกเห็นใจต่อความเศร้าโศกของผู้อื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

belasungkawa

ekspresi simpati terhadap kesedihan orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

pakikiramay

isang pagpapahayag ng pakikiramay sa kalungkutan ng iba

🇲🇾Malay

takziah

ungkapan simpati terhadap kesedihan orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تعزية

تعبير عن التعاطف مع حزن شخص آخر

🇮🇷Persian

تسلیت

ابراز همدردی با اندوه دیگری

🇹🇷Turkish

taziye

bir başkasının acısına duyulan sempatinin ifadesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַנחוּמִים

הבעת הזדהות עם צערו של אחר

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The primary meaning of 'condolence' is 'an expression of sympathy with another's grief'.

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