Meaning of "solace" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOLACE

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlātium comfort, from sōlārī to console.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOLACE

solace  [ˈsɒlɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOLACE

Solace is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb solace in English.

WHAT DOES SOLACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Consolation

Consolation, consolement, and solace are terms referring to psychological comfort given to someone who has suffered severe, upsetting loss, such as the death of a loved one. It is typically provided by expressing shared regret for that loss and highlighting the hope for positive events in the future. Consolation is an important topic arising in history, the arts, philosophy, and psychology. In the field of medicine, consolation has been broadly described as follows: Before and after fundamental medicine offers diagnoses, drugs, and surgery to those who suffer, it should offer consolation. Consolation is a gift. Consolation comforts when loss occurs or is inevitable. This comfort may be one person's render loss more bearable by inviting some shift in belief about the point of living a life that includes suffering. Thus consolation implies a period of transition: a preparation for a time when the present suffering will have turned. Consolation promises that turning. In some contexts, particularly in religious terminology, consolation is described as the opposite or counterpart to the experience of "desolation", or complete loss.

Definition of solace in the English dictionary

The first definition of solace in the dictionary is comfort in misery, disappointment, etc. Other definition of solace is something that gives comfort or consolation. Solace is also to give comfort or cheer to in time of sorrow, distress, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SOLACE

PRESENT

Present

I solace

you solace

he/she/it solaces

we solace

you solace

they solace

Present continuous

I am solacing

you are solacing

he/she/it is solacing

we are solacing

you are solacing

they are solacing

Present perfect

I have solaced

you have solaced

he/she/it has solaced

we have solaced

you have solaced

they have solaced

Present perfect continuous

I have been solacing

you have been solacing

he/she/it has been solacing

we have been solacing

you have been solacing

they have been solacing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I solaced

you solaced

he/she/it solaced

we solaced

you solaced

they solaced

Past continuous

I was solacing

you were solacing

he/she/it was solacing

we were solacing

you were solacing

they were solacing

Past perfect

I had solaced

you had solaced

he/she/it had solaced

we had solaced

you had solaced

they had solaced

Past perfect continuous

I had been solacing

you had been solacing

he/she/it had been solacing

we had been solacing

you had been solacing

they had been solacing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will solace

you will solace

he/she/it will solace

we will solace

you will solace

they will solace

Future continuous

I will be solacing

you will be solacing

he/she/it will be solacing

we will be solacing

you will be solacing

they will be solacing

Future perfect

I will have solaced

you will have solaced

he/she/it will have solaced

we will have solaced

you will have solaced

they will have solaced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been solacing

you will have been solacing

he/she/it will have been solacing

we will have been solacing

you will have been solacing

they will have been solacing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would solace

you would solace

he/she/it would solace

we would solace

you would solace

they would solace

Conditional continuous

I would be solacing

you would be solacing

he/she/it would be solacing

we would be solacing

you would be solacing

they would be solacing

Conditional perfect

I would have solace

you would have solace

he/she/it would have solace

we would have solace

you would have solace

they would have solace

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been solacing

you would have been solacing

he/she/it would have been solacing

we would have been solacing

you would have been solacing

they would have been solacing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you solace
we let´s solace
you solace

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to solace

Past participle

solaced

Present Participle

solacing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SOLACE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «solace» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of solace

alleviation · assuagement · comfort · consolation · console · help · relief · soothe · succour · support

TRANSLATION OF SOLACE

Find out the translation of solace to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of solace from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «solace» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 慰藉
• Translator English - Spanish: consuelo
• English: solace
• Translator English - Hindi: सांत्वना
• Translator English - Arabic: العزاء
• Translator English - Russian: утешение
• Translator English - Portuguese: consolo
• Translator English - Bengali: সান্ত্বনা
• Translator English - French: réconfort
• Translator English - Malay: Kesenangan
• Translator English - German: Trost
• Translator English - Japanese: 慰め
• Translator English - Korean: 위안
• Translator English - Javanese: Solace
• Translator English - Vietnamese: khuyên giải
• Translator English - Tamil: ஆறுதலும்
• Translator English - Marathi: सांत्वन
• Translator English - Turkish: teselli
• Translator English - Italian: consolazione
• Translator English - Polish: pociechą
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розраду
• Translator English - Romanian: consolare
• Translator English - Greek: παρηγοριά
• Translator English - Afrikaans: troos
• Translator English - Swedish: lisa
• Translator English - Norwegian: solace

10 QUOTES WITH «SOLACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word solace.

1

Lisa Bonet

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

2

John Burns

Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all.

3

George Crabbe

With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

4

Linda Fiorentino

You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom.

5

Leslie Jamison

Whenever I've been stuck on a project, it's always brought me solace to the return to books that moved me in the past. It's a nice way to get outside my own head; and it brings me back to one of the most important reasons I write at all: to bring some pleasure to readers, to make them think or feel.

6

Siddhartha Mukherjee

I think the way we think about cancer, the way we treat cancer, has dramatically changed in the last century. There is an enormous amount of options that a physician can provide today, right down from curing patients, treating patients or providing patients with psychic solace or pain relief.

7

Story Musgrave

It's hard to say what drives a three year-old, but I think I had a sense that nature was my solace, and nature was a place in which there was beauty, in which there was order.

8

Simon Newcomb

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

9

Randy Pausch

Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.

10

Harry Reid

So people have been hurting and I understand that. And it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me, we would be in a worldwide depression.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOLACE»

Discover the use of solace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to solace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Solace: A Novel

An extraordinary first novel about a father and grown son thrown together by tragedy, one clinging to the old Ireland, one plunging into the new.

Belinda McKeon, 2011

The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and ...

Explores the healing power of harsh landscapes and describes the tradition of seeking spiritual comfort in the wilderness

Belden C. Lane, 1998

The Solace of Leaving Early

Langston Braverman abandons her academic career to retreat to her parents' attic, until the murder of her childhood friend Alice and an encounter with Amos Townsend, a local preacher, transforms her life.

Haven Kimmel, 2003

Solace: Finding Your Way Through Grief and Learning to Live ...

" -- Laurence Jay Deutsch, MD "[a] must-read for the bereaved. . . . Written with Dr. Temes's characteristic compassion, "Solace" takes the reader through the entire bereavement process in vivid detail. I will hand this book to my patients.

Roberta Temes, 2009

The Solace of Open Spaces

A stunning collection of personal observations that uses images of the American West to probe larger concerns in lyrical, evocative prose that is a true celebration of the region.

Gretel Ehrlich, 1986

Solace

The book is a collection of 40 poems dealing with the more difficult aspects of human life.

John Creekmore, 2012

Seasons of Solace: A Story of Healing Through Photos and Poems

In shock after her husband was killed by a drunk driver while living in Thailand, Janelle Shantz Hertzler began searching for a way through the pain. Her struggle to make sense of her loss and find peace resulted in this moving collection.

Janelle Shantz Hertzler, 2010

Solace

Mark Himelstein presents poems that you will want to read over and over again. Poems of love, loss, family and self that will give you Solace as you read them.

Mark I. Himelstein, 2006

Melody of Solace

Deidra Monroe and Selena Rosselle have always been inseparable: first as best friends, then as lovers.

Neil Edwards, Paul Osborn, 2012

Solace: Rituals of Loss and Desire

Rituals of Loss and Desire Mary Sojourner. no longer luminous, but I see clearly the art in each of them. I find a craft even more wonderful. It has taken fifty-five years to learn to recognize art and craft. And to be faithful as a child to magic. She is ...

Mary Sojourner, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOLACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term solace is used in the context of the following news items.

The Last Ship – Review of Episode 4: Solace, Anything But

Yet the medical ship Solace proves to be anything but. Lt. Taylor, a.k.a. “Wolf-man”, shows us that even an Australian from down-under knows how to kick-ass. «Three If By Space, Jul 15»

Myriam Gendron, 'Solace'

In a video for "Solace," roses explode from a plucked head and birds topple mustachioed men from stems, with a stop-motion-animation technique that recalls ... «NPR, Jun 15»

Earl Sweatshirt Releases Solace

He just uploaded a 10-minute project called Solace—"music from when i hit the bottom and found something," as the YouTube description says. Stream it below. «Pitchfork Media, Apr 15»

Solace Power Takes Aim At Wireless Mid-Flight Charging For Drones

In partnership with Boeing, Solace Power will expand the viability and efficacy of a system it developed for recharging unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ... «TechCrunch, Feb 15»

In 'Lila,' A Nomad Finds Solace And Love In The Arms Of A Preacher

When Marilynne Robinson finished writing her first novel, Housekeeping, she felt like she still had more to say about the characters. She says, "I just decided that ... «NPR, Oct 14»

'The Leftovers' recap, Episode 7: 'Solace for Tired Feet'

The Garvey clan is back in the spotlight again this week (extended family members, too), so it's time to zoom in on the most dysfunctional family ever. It all starts ... «Washington Post, Aug 14»

Compensation Funds For Victims Of Tragedy A 'Small Solace'

Each week, Weekend Edition Sunday brings listeners an unexpected side of the news by talking with someone personally affected by the stories making ... «NPR, Sep 13»

First Look: Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 'Solace …

In the indie supernatural thriller Solace, Hopkins stars as a psychic crime analyst who comes out of retirement to help a veteran FBI agent, played by Jeffrey ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 13»

Abbie Cornish Feels 'Solace' With Hopkins and Farrell (EXCLUSIVE)

“Solace” has been in development limbo for some time (Bailey wrote the script before becoming president of production at Disney) but it now looks ready to rev ... «Variety, Apr 13»

'Magic City's' Jeffrey Dean Morgan Joins FilmNation's 'Solace …

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the star of Starz's Magic City, is joining Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell in Solace, the supernatural thriller being directed by Afonso ... «Hollywood Reporter, Mar 13»