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console
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French console (“a bracket”), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”), as in verb.
Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consoler, itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load).
Originally used for the bracket itself, then for wall-mounted tables (mounted with a bracket), then for free-standing tables placed against a wall. Use for control system dates at least to 1880s for an “organ console”; use for electrical or electronic control systems dates at least to 1930s in radio, television, and system control, particularly as “mixer console” or “control console”, attached to an equipment rack. This was popularized in computers by mainframes such as the IBM 704 (1954) in terms such as “operator’s console” or “console typewriter”, and then generalized to any attached equipment, particularly for user interaction. The automotive sense harks back to earlier use as “support”.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?n.s??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n.so?l/
Noun
console (plural consoles)
- A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
- A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
- An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
- The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
- (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability to change games.
- (automotive) A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
- (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
Derived terms
- console steel guitar
- console table
Translations
See also
- corbel
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin c?ns?lor (“I console, I offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *s?lh?- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?ns?l?, IPA(key): /k?n?s??l/
- (US) enPR: k?ns?l?, IPA(key): /k?n?so?l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Verb
console (third-person singular simple present consoles, present participle consoling, simple past and past participle consoled)
- (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
- P. Henry
- I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
- 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
- P. Henry
Synonyms
- comfort, solace
Derived terms
- consolable
- consolation
- consolatory
- consoler
- consoling
- consolingly
Related terms
- solace
Translations
References
Anagrams
- colones, coolens
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French console.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?zo?l/, (rare) /?k?n.zo?l/
- Hyphenation: con?so?le
- Rhymes: -o?l
Noun
console m (plural consoles)
- (architecture) A projection from a wall supporting a superincumbent weight.
- A console (electronic control instrument with displays and an input device).
- (gaming) A video game console, a console, especially a non-portable one. [from ca. 1990s]
- Synonym: spelcomputer
Usage notes
- Usually pronounced with stress on the last syllable in line with the convention for borrowings from French, corresponding to the stress placement on the English verb. Pronunciation using the stress of the English noun is rather rare.
- (video game console):
- Mostly used by avid gamers and former gamers. Non-gamers tend to use the synonym spelcomputer instead and may find console pretentious or incorrect. This distinction in term usage seems to date to the mid/late nineties or early aughties.
- Typically used for non-portable video game consoles, but may occasionally be applied to handhelds.
French
Etymology
Probably a shortened from consolateur, denoting the same architectural element, ultimately from consoler (“to console, to comfort”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s?l/
Noun
console f (plural consoles)
- (architecture) a projection or spur on a wall, generally in the form of an "S", supporting a cornice, balcony etc.
- (carpentry) projecting piece of timber in the form of a cantilever arm
- (by analogy) piece of furniture abutted against a wall, serving as adornment and for the presentation of other fitments (such as pieces in bronze, clocks, vases etc.)
- (music) upper part of the harp holding the chords, or the controlling interface of a pipe organ
- (by ellipsis) video game console, electronic gadget serving in order to play video games
- Synonym: console de jeux
- (electronics) physical interface allowing the control of an electronic system
- (informatics) programmed interface of a system
Descendants
- ? Polish: konsola
Verb
console
- first-person singular present indicative of consoler
- third-person singular present indicative of consoler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of consoler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of consoler
- second-person singular imperative of consoler
Further reading
- “console” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin c?nsulem, accusative form of c?nsul.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?n.so.le/
- Hyphenation: còn?so?le
Noun
console m (plural consoli)
- consul
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English console.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?s?l/
- Hyphenation: con?sò?le
Noun
console f (invariable)
- console, specifically:
- A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one that houses home entertainment equipment.
- (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games.
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
console f (plural consoles)
- (Jersey) Russian comfrey Symphytum × uplandicum
Portuguese
Etymology
From English console
Noun
console m (plural consoles)
- console (device dedicated to playing video games)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:console.
Verb
console
- first-person singular present subjunctive of consolar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of consolar
- third-person singular imperative of consolar
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:consolar.
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still
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet, calm; without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed; moving little or gently; silent; not loud; secret; unchanging, undisturbed, stable, fixed; not vehement, gentle”), from Proto-West Germanic *still? (“quiet, still”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.
(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).
Alternative forms
- stil
- stille, styll, stylle (obsolete)
Adjective
still (comparative stiller or more still, superlative stillest or most still)
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- c. 1711, Joseph Addison, How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!
- The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still.
- c. 1711, Joseph Addison, How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (obsolete) Constant; continual.
Synonyms
- (not moving): fixed, stationary, unmoving, static, inert, stagnant; see also Thesaurus:stationary or Thesaurus:immobile
- (not effervescing): flat, uneffervescent; see also Thesaurus:noneffervescent
- (uttering no sound): noiseless, soundless; see also Thesaurus:silent
- (having the same stated quality):
- (comparatively quiet): hushed, tranquil; see also Thesaurus:quiet
- (constant, continual): incessant, ongoing, unremitting; see also Thesaurus:continuous
Derived terms
- still life
- stillness
- unstill
Related terms
- be still my heart
- be still my beating heart
- still waters run deep
Translations
Adverb
still (not comparable)
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- ("still" and "taller" can easily swap places here)
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- As sunshine, broken in the rill, / Though turned astray, is sunshine still.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, Unsucceeding Experiments
- Chemists would be rich if they could still do in great quantities what they have sometimes done in little.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
Synonyms
- (without motion): akinetically, motionlessly, stock still, stockishly
- (up to a time): yet
- (to an even greater degree): yet, even
- (nevertheless): nonetheless, though, yet; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
- (always): consistently, invariably, uniformly; See also Thesaurus:uniformly
- (even, yet):
Translations
Noun
still (plural stills)
- A period of calm or silence.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- A steep hill or ascent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Browne to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (period of calm): lull, rest, respite; quiet, tranquility
- (resident of the Falkland Islands): Benny, Falklander, Kelper
Translations
Etymology 2
Via Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin stilla.
Noun
still (plural stills)
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Translations
See also
- pot still
Etymology 3
From Old English stillan.
Verb
still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)
- To calm down, to quiet.
Synonyms
- becalm, lull, quell; see also Thesaurus:pacify
Translations
Etymology 4
Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.
Verb
still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)
- (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
- To cause to fall by drops.
- To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
Translations
Anagrams
- Tills, lilts, tills
German
Etymology
From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German stilli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?l/
Adjective
still (comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)
- quiet, silent
Declension
Adverb
still
- quietly, silently
Further reading
- “still” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?til/
Adjective
still
- quiet, silent
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
still
- imperative of stille
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
still
- imperative of stilla
Etymology 2
Adjective
still (masculine and feminine still, neuter stilt, definite singular and plural stille, comparative stillare, indefinite superlative stillast, definite superlative stillaste)
- Alternative form of stille
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?til/, [es?t?il]
Noun
still m (plural stills)
- (photography) still
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