consoler
English
Etymology
console + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Noun
consoler (plural consolers)
- One who gives consolation.
- 1997, Larry L. King, True Facts, Tall Tales, and Pure Fiction, →ISBN:
- 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.
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Synonyms
- reliever
- sympathizer
Translations
one who gives consolation
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Anagrams
- Coronels, coloners, coronels, necrosol
French
Etymology
From Latin consolor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/
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Verb
consoler
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of cōnsōlor