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comfort
English
Etymology
The verb is from Middle English conforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confort? (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
The noun is from Middle English confort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confort?. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m.f?t/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /?k?m.f?t/
- (General American) enPR: k?m'f?rt, IPA(key): /?k?m.f?t/, [?k???.f?t]
- (obsolete) enPR: k?mfôrt', IPA(key): /k?m?f??t/
Noun
comfort (countable and uncountable, plural comforts)
- Contentment, ease.
- Something that offers comfort.
- A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
- A cause of relief or satisfaction.
Synonyms
- liss
Antonyms
- (contentment, ease): austerity
Translations
Verb
comfort (third-person singular simple present comforts, present participle comforting, simple past and past participle comforted)
- (transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
- (transitive) To make comfortable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
- (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
Synonyms
- besoothe
Translations
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch confoort, from Old French confort.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /k?m?f??r/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /k?m?f?r(t)/
- Hyphenation: com?fort
Noun
comfort n (plural comforts, diminutive comfortje n)
- Physical comfort, ease.
Derived terms
- comfortabel
- ligcomfort
- rijcomfort
- zitcomfort
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jubilation
English
Etymology
From Old French jubilacion, from Latin i?bil?ti? (“a shouting for joy”). Cognate with Spanish jubilación (“retirement”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
jubilation (countable and uncountable, plural jubilations)
- A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.
Related terms
- jubilant, jubilance, jubilancy
- jubilate
- jubilee
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin i?bil?ti? (“a shouting for joy”). Synchronically analysable as jubiler +? -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
jubilation f (plural jubilations)
- jubilation
Further reading
- “jubilation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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