different between sadness vs dolor

English

Etymology

From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sædn?s/

Noun

sadness (countable and uncountable, plural sadnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

   Synonyms: forlornness, melancholy

2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

   Synonyms: misfortune, woe

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• dolour (British)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dolour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman dolour, mainland Old French dolor (modern douleur), from Latin dolor (“pain, grief”). Doublet of dol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?l?(?)/, /?do?l?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)
• Homophone: dollar (some accents)

Noun

dolor (countable and uncountable, plural dolors)

1. (literary) Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish.
2. A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.

   Synonym: dol

   Antonym: hedon

Translations

See also

• (unit of pain): util

Anagrams

• drool, loord

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dolor, dol?rem.

Noun

dolor m (plural dolores)

1. pain

Related terms

• doler

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan dolor, from Latin dolor, dol?r (“pain, sorrow”), from Proto-Italic *dol?s, from Proto-Indo-European *dolh??s, derived from the root *delh?- (“to split, divide”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o(?)

Noun

dolor m or f (plural dolors)

1. pain of a continuing nature, especially that of rheumatism
2. sorrow or grief of a continuing nature

Derived terms

• dolor reumàtic
• Dolors

Related terms

• doler, doldre (verb)
• dolorós (adjective)

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish dolor (“pain”).

Noun

dolor

1. pain; ache

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish dolor, from Latin dolor, dol?rem.

Noun

dolor f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ??????)

1. pain

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dol?s, from Proto-Indo-European *delh?- (“to hew, to split”, verbal root).

Synchronically, from dole? +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?do.lor/, [?d?????r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?do.lor/, [?d???l?r]

Noun

dolor m (genitive dol?ris); third declension

1. pain, ache, hurt
2. anguish, grief, sorrow
3. indignation, resentment, anger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• dolor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dolor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• dolor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Occitan

Alternative forms

• doulour (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan dolor, from Latin dolor, dol?rem (“pain, sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [du?lu]

Noun

dolor m or f (plural dolors)

1. pain

Related terms

• dòlre / dòler

Old French

Alternative forms

• dolur, dulor, dulur

Etymology

From Latin dolor, dol?rem.

Noun

dolor m (oblique plural dolors, nominative singular dolors, nominative plural dolor)

1. pain; suffering

Related terms

Descendants

• ? English: dolour
• French: douleur f

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dolor, dol?rem.

Noun

dolor m or f

1. pain

Related terms

• doloros (adjective)

Descendants

• Catalan: dolor
• Occitan: dolor

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dolor, from Latin dol?rem, accusative of dolor (“pain; grief”), from Proto-Italic *dol?s, from Proto-Indo-European *dolh??s, derived from the root *delh?- (“to split, divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?lo?/, [d?o?lo?]
• Rhymes: -o?

Noun

dolor m (plural dolores)

1. pain, ache, aching soreness, tenderness (physical)

2. grief
3. sorrow, hurt, pain, suffering (emotional, mental)
4. sore (in certain expressions)

5. heartache

Hyponyms

Derived terms

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