different between consolation vs pity
consolation
English
Etymology
From Old French consolacion (French consolation), from Latin c?ns?l?ti?, from the deponent verb c?ns?lor (“I console, encourage”) with the -ti? suffix, while c?ns?lor comprises the intensifying prefix con- with the deponent verb s?lor (“I comfort, console”). Doublet of consolatio.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?n.s??le?.??n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?n.s??le?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: con?so?la?tion
Noun
consolation (countable and uncountable, plural consolations)
- The act of consoling.
- The prize or benefit for the loser.
- (sports) A consolation goal.
Translations
See also
- solace
French
Etymology
From Latin c?ns?l?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s?.la.sj??/
Noun
consolation f (plural consolations)
- consolation
Related terms
- consoler
Further reading
- “consolation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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pity
English
Alternative forms
- pittie, pitty, pitie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin piet?s. See also the doublets pietà and piety.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ti/
- Rhymes: -?ti
Noun
pity (countable and uncountable, plural pities)
- (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.
- , Folio Society, 2006, p.5:
- The most usuall way to appease those minds we have offended […] is, by submission to move them to commiseration and pitty.
- (countable) Something regrettable.
- It was a thousand pities.
- What pity is it / That we can die but once to serve our country!
- (obsolete) Piety.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (mercy): ruth
- (something regrettable): shame
Translations
Verb
pity (third-person singular simple present pities, present participle pitying, simple past and past participle pitied)
- (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something). [from 15th c.]
- Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
- (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. [from 16th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
- She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee; / That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee.
- a. 1681, Richard Allestree, Of Gods Method in giving Deliverance
- It pitieth them to see her in the dust.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
Translations
Interjection
pity!
- Short form of what a pity.
Synonyms
- shame, what a pity, what a shame
Translations
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?t?]
Verb
pity
- inflection of pít:
- inanimate masculine plural passive participle
- feminine plural passive participle
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?it?/
Participle
pity
- past passive participle of pi?
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?i.t?/
Participle
pity
- masculine singular passive adjectival participle of pi?
Declension
Noun
pity f
- inflection of pita:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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