condolences

condolences

English

Etymology

From Latin condoleo (“I feel another's pain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdoʊlənsəz/, /ˈkɒndələnsəz/

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Noun

condolences

1. plural of condolence

Noun

condolences pl (plural only)

1. comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

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

Derived terms

• offer one's condolences

Translations

sympathy — See also translations at condolence

Berber: Tashelhit: afcad m Finnish: osanotto (fi) Hungarian: részvét (hu) Icelandic: samúðarkveðjur Italian: condoglianze (it) f pl Polish: kondolencje (pl) f pl Russian: соболе́знования (ru) n pl (soboléznovanija) Slovene: sožalje n

See also

• condolence

Interjection

condolences

1. Expressing sympathy to someone, especially after learning of a close death.
   • 1992, Martin Cruz Smith, Red Square, page 120:

     "What were you doing at the cemetery?"
     "Burying my father."
     "Oh." Rodionov grunted as if he had expected a more imaginative excuse. "Condolences."

   • 2008 July 15, NPR, “When Does It Go Too Far?”, in Talk of the Nation:

     Let's get another caller on the line. This is Camille. Camille with us from Visalia in California.
     Visalia, California that's correct.
     Go ahead please.
     Hi. I'm an African-American woman and when I first saw the cover – let me preface this. I'm in central California, which is very conservative. And...
     Condolences.

Translations

funeral expression

Albanian: ngushëllim Basque: dolumin Dutch: innige deelneming Esperanto: kondolencon, kondolencojn pl Finnish: otan osaa French: mes condoléances, toutes mes condoléances Greek: συλλυπητήρια (el) n pl (syllypitíria), ζωή σε σας (zoḯ se sas) Italian: condoglianze (it) f pl Russian: мои́ соболе́знования n pl (moí soboléznovanija) Spanish: pésame (es) m