condolences
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin condoleo (“I feel another's pain”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
condolences
- plural of condolence
Noun edit
condolences pl (plural only)
- 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 edit
Translations edit
sympathy — see also condolence
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See also edit
Interjection edit
condolences
- 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 edit
funeral expression
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