# condole

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈdəʊl/

## Definitions
1. Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.
2. To express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.
3. To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.
4. To express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with (someone); to lament in sympathy with (someone).
5. To express or feel sorrow for (oneself); to bewail, to mourn.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *ḱóm
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin condolēre, the present active infinitive of condoleō (“to feel severe pain, suffer greatly; to suffer with or feel another’s pain, condole”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several things) + doleō (“to suffer physical pain, hurt; to be sorry, grieve for, deplore, lament”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”)).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/condole