noun · countable / uncountable · rare

condolence

condolence · condolences

співчуття

соболезнование, сочувствие, соболезнования

Beileid, Anteilnahme, Kondolenz

Comfort, support or sympathyComfort, support or sympathy.

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US/kənˈdoʊləns/

» My deepest condolences on your loss.

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable)Comfort, support or sympathy.
There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.
Beileid, Anteilnahme
сочу́вствиеsočúvstvije, соболе́знованиеsoboléznovanije
співчуття́spivčuttjá
an expression of sympathy with another's grief
(countable, usually plural)An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.
Kondolenz
соболе́знованиеsoboléznovanije, соболе́знованияsoboléznovanija
співчуття́spivčuttjá

Examples

44 sentences

My deepest condolences on your loss.
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I just wanted to express my condolences.
ruЯ просто хотел выразить свои соболезнования.
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Please accept my condolences.
ruПримите, пожалуйста, мои соболезнования.
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Please accept our condolences.
ruПримите, пожалуйста, наши соболезнования.
deUnser Beileid.
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Allow me to express my deepest condolences.
Дозволь мені висловити мої найглибші співчуття.
ruПозвольте мне выразить мои глубочайшие соболезнования.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences:

Русский

By meaning 2

comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences:

sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

comfort, support or sympathy — see also condolences:

sympathy when someone has died — see also condolences:

Origin

From condole + -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin

From condole + -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condoleō (“to sympathize”), from con- (“together, with”) and doleō (“to hurt, suffer, have pain”).

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