"comforting" meaning in All languages combined

See comforting on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comforting.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more comforting [comparative], most comforting [superlative]
enPR: kŭmʹfərtĭng Head templates: {{en-adj}} comforting (comparative more comforting, superlative most comforting)
  1. Giving comfort. Synonyms: besoothing, consoling, reassuring, soothing Translations (giving comfort): geruststellend (Dutch), geruststellende (Dutch), troostend (Dutch), troostende (Dutch), lohdullinen (Finnish), lohduttava (Finnish), rassurant (French), réconfortant (French), tröstlich (German), beruhigend (German), ermutigend (German), tröstend (German), trostreich (German), consolante (Italian), riassicurante (Italian), rassicurante (Italian), confortante (Italian), cōnsōlātōrius (Latin), consolador (Spanish), reconfortante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-comforting-en-adj-1a4pVd8Z

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comforting.wav [Southern-England] Forms: comfortings [plural]
enPR: kŭmʹfərtĭng Head templates: {{en-noun}} comforting (plural comfortings)
  1. The act of giving comfort.
    Sense id: en-comforting-en-noun-~6GYpDi3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comforting.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: kŭmʹfərtĭng Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} comforting
  1. present participle and gerund of comfort Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: comfort
    Sense id: en-comforting-en-verb-yZNw61XI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 63

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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