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comfort

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Etymology

From Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortāre, present active infinitive of confortō (“strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

Noun

comfort (plural comforts)

  1. Contentment, ease.
    Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
    the comforts of home
  2. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
    We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
  3. A cause of relief or satisfaction.
    The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.

Verb

to comfort (third-person singular simple present comforts, present participle comforting, simple past and past participle comforted)

  1. (transitive): To provide comfort to or relieve suffering.
    Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
  2. To make the physical circumstances comfortable.

Translations

to provide comfort
  • Arabic: واسى ar(ar) (waasaa), عزى ar(ar) (ghazzaa), سلى ar(ar) (sallaa)
  • Bulgarian: утешавам bg(bg), успокоявам bg(bg)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 安慰 cmn(cmn) (ānwèi), 寬慰 cmn(cmn), 宽慰 cmn(cmn) (kuānwèi)
  • Dutch: troosten nl(nl)
  • Finnish: lohduttaa fi(fi)
  • French: consoler fr(fr)
  • German: trösten de(de), ermutigen de(de)
  • Japanese: 慰める ja(ja) (なぐめる, nagumeru)
  • Russian: успокаивать ru(ru) (uspokáivat') (impf.), успокоить ru(ru) (uspokóit') (pf.), утешать ru(ru) (utešát') (impf.), утешить ru(ru) (utéšit') (pf.)
  • West Frisian: treastgje fy(fy)
to make comfortable
console — see console

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb "comfort"

Dutch

Noun

comfort n. (plural comforts, diminutive comfortje, diminutive plural comfortjes)

  1. Physical comfort, ease

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