consoler
French, verb/kɔ̃.sɔ.le/
consoler is spelled C-O-N-S-O-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consoler is a French verb meaning “to comfort, console” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soulager quelqu’un dans son affliction par des discours, par des soins, ou de quelque autre manière que ce…”.
What does consoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to comfort, console
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Soulager quelqu’un dans son affliction par des discours, par des soins, ou de quelque autre manière que ce soit. 2. Donner, apporter de la consolation, en parlant d’une chose. 3. Ajouter de l’eau-de-vie à son café.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of consoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- consolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- consolé participle past
- console first-person indicative present
- consoles indicative present second-person
- consolons first-person indicative plural
- consolez indicative plural present
- consolent indicative plural present
- consolais first-person imperfect indicative
- consolait imperfect indicative singular
- consolions first-person imperfect indicative
- consoliez imperfect indicative plural
- consolaient imperfect indicative plural
- consolai first-person historic indicative
- consolas historic indicative past
- consola historic indicative past
- consolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consoler?
- /kɔ̃.sɔ.le/
- \kɔ̃.sɔ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consoler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consoler in French?
consoler appears 4.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).