solace
help and comfort
TRANSLATION
solace = der Trost (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX solace: approximately 7,600,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The booming Chinese car market has provided some SOLACE for US vehicle makers suffering from declining sales in their domestic markets.
(BBC News)
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Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of SOLACE, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.
- author Lorraine Anderson
(BBC News)
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Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of SOLACE, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.
- author Lorraine Anderson
Did you
know?
solace
(noun)
- help and comfort when you are feeling sad or worried
(verb)
- to give help and comfort to someone when they are feeling sad or worried
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Solace stems from the Old French solas (from the Latin solacium and solari), meaning to console or sooth. It is related to the Greek hilaros, "merry," and the Old English gesaelig, "happy." The verb solace was first recorded in 1297.
Solace is heard less in day-to-day conversations and more in literature and the arts. Abundant examples can be found in English literature, particularly the classics:
"But one thing to rejoice and solace in." (Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare)
"Philip, not knowing how many incompetent people have found solace in these false notes, was much impressed." (Of Human Bondage, Somerset Maugham)
"In her church and its affairs she found her only solace." (Pudd'n Head Wilson, Mark Twain)
That's not to say that the modern world finds no solace in applying the word. No less than four musicians have produced albums with the title "Solace". This includes the Norwegian heavy metal band Lengsel, Australian singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd, American folksinger Sarah McLaughlin and the New Zealand rock band Jakob.
Solace is also in the title of the James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace." During filming, the Aston Martin car used by secret agent 007 was crashed into an Italian lake – accidentally – by a stunt driver. The sports car ended up in the water when the stuntman lost control around one of the lake's narrow curves in heavy rain. It was some solace to the film makers that the $250,000 car was fully insured.
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SYNONYMS
(noun)
cheer, comfort, compassion, relief, sympathy
(verb)
allay, alleviate, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, console, mitigate, relieve, soothe
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"A cash payment to a departing worker is little solace if he's lost his job."
(noun)
- help and comfort when you are feeling sad or worried
(verb)
- to give help and comfort to someone when they are feeling sad or worried
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Solace stems from the Old French solas (from the Latin solacium and solari), meaning to console or sooth. It is related to the Greek hilaros, "merry," and the Old English gesaelig, "happy." The verb solace was first recorded in 1297.
Solace is heard less in day-to-day conversations and more in literature and the arts. Abundant examples can be found in English literature, particularly the classics:
"But one thing to rejoice and solace in." (Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare)
"Philip, not knowing how many incompetent people have found solace in these false notes, was much impressed." (Of Human Bondage, Somerset Maugham)
"In her church and its affairs she found her only solace." (Pudd'n Head Wilson, Mark Twain)
That's not to say that the modern world finds no solace in applying the word. No less than four musicians have produced albums with the title "Solace". This includes the Norwegian heavy metal band Lengsel, Australian singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd, American folksinger Sarah McLaughlin and the New Zealand rock band Jakob.
Solace is also in the title of the James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace." During filming, the Aston Martin car used by secret agent 007 was crashed into an Italian lake – accidentally – by a stunt driver. The sports car ended up in the water when the stuntman lost control around one of the lake's narrow curves in heavy rain. It was some solace to the film makers that the $250,000 car was fully insured.
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SYNONYMS
(noun)
cheer, comfort, compassion, relief, sympathy
(verb)
allay, alleviate, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, console, mitigate, relieve, soothe
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"A cash payment to a departing worker is little solace if he's lost his job."
