condoléance

condoléance

See also: condoleance and condoléancé

Dutch

Noun

condoléance f (plural condoléances)

1. Superseded spelling of condoleance.

Usage notes

• The spelling condoléance was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

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French

Etymology

Formed, on the basis of doléance, from Old French condoloir (cf. condouloir), borrowed from Latin condoleo, condelere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ.le.ɑ̃s/

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Noun

condoléance f (plural condoléances)

1. sympathy, condolence

Verb

condoléance

1. inflection of condoléancer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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