comfort
Contentment, easeContentment, ease.
» Tom tried to comfort his mother.
Tom versuchte, seine Mutter zu trösten.
Том пытался утешить мать.
Том спробував утішити свою маму.
Том спробував утішити маму.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Contentment, ease.
Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort
удо́бствоudóbstvo, комфо́ртkomfórt, ую́тujút
зру́чністьzrúčnistʹ, вигі́дністьvyhídnistʹ, комфо́ртkomfórt
(countable, uncountable)Something that offers comfort.
Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)
the comforts of home
(countable, uncountable)A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
Trost, Tröstung
утеше́ниеutešénije
утіша́нняutišánnja
(countable, uncountable)A cause of relief or satisfaction.
The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.
Trost, Tröstung
уте́хаutéxa, утеше́ниеutešénije
- assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal
- a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
- satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing
- a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
Examples
381 sentencesTom tried to comfort his mother.
Том спробував утішити свою маму.
ruТом пытался утешить мать.
deTom versuchte, seine Mutter zu trösten.
I want to live in comfort.
Я хочу жити зі зручностями.
ruЯ хочу жить в уюте.
deIch möchte ein komfortables Leben führen.
My uncle now lives in comfort.
Everybody wants to live in comfort.
ruКаждый хочет жить с комфортом.
That was too close for comfort.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late LatinFrom Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.
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Forms
plural: comfortsSynonyms
13 synonyms- a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain:comfortableness
- the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction:consolationsolace
- a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state:ease
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together:quiltcomforterpuff
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
32 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable