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 Superseded spelling of condoleance.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.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ.le.ɑ̃s/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

condoléance f (plural condoléances)

1. sympathy, condolence

   J’ai su pour ta grand-mère. Mes sincères condoléances ; je sais que tu l’aimais beaucoup.

   I heard about your grandma. My condolences; I know you loved her very much.

Usage notes

Although the phrase mes condoléances (lit.: "my condolences") is in use, it is a bit less common than mes (plus) sincères condoléances ("my [most] sincere condolences") or toutes mes condoléances ("all my condolences").

Derived terms

• condoléancer

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: condoleance

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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.