consoler

English

Etymology

console +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

consoler (plural consolers)

  1. One who gives consolation.
    • 1997, Larry L. King, True Facts, Tall Tales, and Pure Fiction, →ISBN:
      Grieving apparently wasn't a full-time job, however, since Hank up and married a gal named Billie Jean and daddied a daughter by yet another consoler.

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French

Etymology

From Latin cōnsolārī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/
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Verb

consoler

  1. to comfort, console

Conjugation
Conjugation of consoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple consoler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple consolant
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle consolé
/kɔ̃.sɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present console
/kɔ̃.sɔl/		 consoles
/kɔ̃.sɔl/		 console
/kɔ̃.sɔl/		 consolons
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɔ̃/		 consolez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.le/		 consolent
/kɔ̃.sɔl/
imperfect consolais
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/		 consolais
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/		 consolait
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/		 consolions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.ljɔ̃/		 consoliez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lje/		 consolaient
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 consolai
/kɔ̃.sɔ.le/		 consolas
/kɔ̃.sɔ.la/		 consola
/kɔ̃.sɔ.la/		 consolâmes
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lam/		 consolâtes
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lat/		 consolèrent
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɛʁ/
future consolerai
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁe/		 consoleras
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁa/		 consolera
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁa/		 consolerons
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɔ̃/		 consolerez
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁe/		 consoleront
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional consolerais
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/		 consolerais
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/		 consolerait
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/		 consolerions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 consoleriez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lə.ʁje/		 consoleraient
/kɔ̃.sɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present console
/kɔ̃.sɔl/		 consoles
/kɔ̃.sɔl/		 console
/kɔ̃.sɔl/		 consolions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.ljɔ̃/		 consoliez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lje/		 consolent
/kɔ̃.sɔl/
imperfect2 consolasse
/kɔ̃.sɔ.las/		 consolasses
/kɔ̃.sɔ.las/		 consolât
/kɔ̃.sɔ.la/		 consolassions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.la.sjɔ̃/		 consolassiez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.la.sje/		 consolassent
/kɔ̃.sɔ.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — console
/kɔ̃.sɔl/		 — consolons
/kɔ̃.sɔ.lɔ̃/		 consolez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.le/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

cōnsōler

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of cōnsōlor
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