solace
See also: solące
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒl.ɪs/
- (General American) enPR: sŏlʹĭs, IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.lɪs/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɔl.ɪs/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒlɪs
Noun
editsolace (countable and uncountable, plural solaces)
- Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
- You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.
- A source of comfort or consolation.
- September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
- The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
- September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editconsolation
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source of comfort
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Verb
editsolace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)
- (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
- (transitive) To allay or assuage.
- (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in,
And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.
Translations
editto give solace to
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to allay, assuage
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editSpanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /soˈlaθe/ [soˈla.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /soˈlase/ [soˈla.se]
- Rhymes: -aθe
- Rhymes: -ase
- Syllabification: so‧la‧ce
Verb
editsolace
- inflection of solazar:
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