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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “contentment, ease”",
"word": "austerity"
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"word": "Job's comfort"
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"word": "Lawson comfort criterion"
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"word": "letter of comfort"
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"word": "lip comfort"
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"word": "too close for comfort"
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"5": "to strengthen greatly"
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"etymology_text": "*The verb is from Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).\n*The noun is from Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.",
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{
"text": "Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1684, chapter III, in Bucaniers of America: Or, A True Account of the Moſt Remarkable Aſſaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coaſts of the West-Indies, by Bucaniers of Jamica and Tortuga, Both English and French; Wherein are Contained More Eſpecially, the Unparallel'd Exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, Our Engliſh Jamaican Hero, who ſack'd Puerto Velo, Burnt Panama. &c [Part II], volume 1, London: Printed for William Crooke, translation of De Americaensche Zee-Roovers, […] by John Eſquemeling, page 30",
"text": "But all was in vain: For having ranged up and down the Woods for ſome days, without finding the leaſt comfort to their hungry deſires, they were forced to return again unto the River. […] At laſt they arrived at the Coaſt of the Sea, where they found ſome comfort and relief to their former miſeries, and alſo means to ſeek more.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1850, T. S. Arthur, “A Rise in the Butter Market”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 59",
"text": "How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!",
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"Contentment, ease."
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{
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "rāḥa",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "رَاحَة"
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"roman": "vyhóda",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "выго́да"
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"roman": "zrúčnascʹ",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
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"word": "зру́чнасць"
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"roman": "kamfórt",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
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"word": "камфо́рт"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "aram",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "আরাম"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udóbstvo",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "удо́бство"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "confort"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "舒適"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shūshì",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "舒适"
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pohodlí"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "comfort"
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "komforto"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "mukavuus"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "confort"
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{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conforto"
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "conforte"
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{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comodidade"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conchego"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Behaglichkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bequemlichkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Komfort"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "azēti",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ánesi",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "άνεση"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ánesis",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἄνεσις"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nokhút",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נוחות"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ārām",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "आराम"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "kényelem"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "kenyamanan"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "compord"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "só"
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{
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"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sádaile"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sádailecht"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "agio"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comodità"
},
{
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"alt": "かいてきさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaitekisa",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "快適さ"
},
{
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ērtība"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "udobnost",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "удобност"
},
{
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sukhaṁ",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "സുഖം"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "oranga ngākau"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "āhurutanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "hāneaneatanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "fasilidat"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "râhat",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "راحت"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âsâyeš",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "آسایش"
},
{
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Jemak"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wygoda"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komfort"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conforto"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "confort"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udóbstvo",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "удо́бство"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "komfórt",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "комфо́рт"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ujút",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ую́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "komfor"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pohodlie"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "udobje"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "raaxo"
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{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comodidad"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bekvämlighet"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "komfort"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "qulay",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "қулай"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "rohat",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "роҳат"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "konfor"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zrúčnistʹ",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зру́чність"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyhídnistʹ",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вигі́дність"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "komfórt",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "комфо́рт"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "paraghet",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "پاراغەت"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 2 6",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "rahet",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "راھەت"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "the comforts of home",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something that offers comfort."
],
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry."
],
"id": "en-comfort-en-noun-BSItJN0E",
"links": [
[
"consolation",
"consolation"
],
[
"suffering",
"suffering"
],
[
"worry",
"worry"
]
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yıwanıs",
"sense": "consolation",
"word": "йыуаныс"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ucjašénnje",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "уцяшэ́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "sucjašénnje",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "суцяшэ́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uteha",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "утеха"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"roman": "ānwèi",
"sense": "consolation",
"word": "安慰"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"lang": "Czech",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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{
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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],
"word": "uggi"
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
"word": "lohtu"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "consolation",
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tröstung"
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "got",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "he",
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"roman": "nekhamá",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נחמה"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"sense": "consolation",
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
"word": "tupoho"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pociecha"
},
{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "utjeha"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 6",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "consuelo"
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{
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"neuter"
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"neuter"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"masculine"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 94",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 94",
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"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 94",
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{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 94",
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{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 94",
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"masculine"
],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 94",
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"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "4 1 2 94",
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{
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkʊm.fət/",
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"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʌm.fɚt/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʰʌɱ.fɚt]",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʌmˈfɔɹt/",
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"obsolete"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"text": "Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.",
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[
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[
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[
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"(transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to."
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{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Arbëresh",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "fqerënj"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wāsā",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "وَاسَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕazzā",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "عَزَّى"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sallā",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "سَلَّى"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mxitʻarel",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "մխիթարել"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spʻopʻel",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "սփոփել"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "ürək-dirək vermək"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "supakójvacʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "супако́йваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "supakóicʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "супако́іць"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zaspakójvacʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заспако́йваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zaspakóicʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заспако́іць"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ucjašácʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уцяша́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ucjéšycʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уце́шыць"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utešavam",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "утешавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uspokojavam",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "успокоявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "consolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "confortar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ānwèi",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "安慰"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 20",
"code": "cmn",
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"text": "But all was in vain: For having ranged up and down the Woods for ſome days, without finding the leaſt comfort to their hungry deſires, they were forced to return again unto the River. […] At laſt they arrived at the Coaſt of the Sea, where they found ſome comfort and relief to their former miſeries, and alſo means to ſeek more.",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Behaglichkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bequemlichkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "azēti",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נוחות"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "ārām",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "आराम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "kényelem"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "kenyamanan"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ga",
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sga",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "快適さ"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ml",
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"roman": "sukhaṁ",
"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "സുഖം"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "oranga ngākau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "āhurutanga"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "hāneaneatanga"
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{
"code": "pap",
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"word": "fasilidat"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "راحت"
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{
"code": "fa",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pl",
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],
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{
"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
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],
"word": "ую́т"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "sk",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "sl",
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],
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{
"code": "so",
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"word": "raaxo"
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{
"code": "es",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "sv",
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],
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{
"code": "sv",
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"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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"code": "tg",
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{
"code": "tg",
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"word": "роҳат"
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"code": "tr",
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"word": "konfor"
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"code": "uk",
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{
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{
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"sense": "contentment, ease",
"word": "پاراغەت"
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"code": "ba",
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"word": "йыуаныс"
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"code": "be",
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{
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{
"code": "bg",
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],
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{
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],
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fo",
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],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "consolation",
"word": "lohtu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "consolation",
"word": "lohdutus"
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{
"code": "gl",
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],
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{
"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "gl",
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{
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],
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"code": "got",
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"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "parigoriá",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nekhamá",
"sense": "consolation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "נחמה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "consolation",
"word": "vigasz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "consolation",
"word": "vigasztalás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
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],
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"word": "慰め"
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"code": "la",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "ml",
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"word": "സമാധാനം"
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "pdt",
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"1": "ang",
"2": "frofor"
},
"expansion": "Old English frofor",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "frovre"
},
"expansion": "Middle English frovre",
"name": "noncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "*The verb is from Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).\n*The noun is from Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "comforts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "comforting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "comforted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "comforted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "comfort (third-person singular simple present comforts, present participle comforting, simple past and past participle comforted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to."
],
"links": [
[
"relieve",
"relieve"
],
[
"distress",
"distress"
],
[
"suffering",
"suffering"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To assist or help; to aid."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To assist or help; to aid."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʌm.fət/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʊm.fət/",
"tags": [
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʌm.fɚt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʰʌɱ.fɚt]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʌmˈfɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-comfort.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-us-comfort.ogg/En-us-comfort.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-us-comfort.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "kŭm'fərt"
},
{
"enpr": "kŭmfôrt'"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "besoothe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:comfort",
"word": "console"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:comfort",
"word": "solace"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:comfort",
"word": "soothe"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Arbëresh",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "fqerënj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wāsā",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "وَاسَى"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕazzā",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "عَزَّى"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sallā",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "سَلَّى"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mxitʻarel",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "մխիթարել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spʻopʻel",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "սփոփել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "ürək-dirək vermək"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "supakójvacʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "супако́йваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "supakóicʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "супако́іць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zaspakójvacʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заспако́йваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zaspakóicʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заспако́іць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ucjašácʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уцяша́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ucjéšycʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уце́шыць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utešavam",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "утешавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uspokojavam",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "успокоявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "consolar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "confortar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ānwèi",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "安慰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "寬慰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuānwèi",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "宽慰"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "troosten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "lohduttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "rauhoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "consoler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "trösten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "ermutigen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gaþlaihan",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "þrafstjan",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parigoró",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "παρηγορώ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "parēgoréō",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "παρηγορέω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hirgía",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "הרגיע"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nikhém",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "ניחם"
},
{
"alt": "なぐめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nagumeru",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "慰める"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "tövknülx",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "төвкнүлх"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "consōlor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "alloquor"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "utruliza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "confortar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "reconfortar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokáivatʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "успока́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokóitʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "успоко́ить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "utešátʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утеша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "utéšitʹ",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уте́шить"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "uteší"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "confortar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "ferahlatmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"raw_tags": [
"for someone's loss"
],
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "teselli etmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaspokójuvaty",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заспоко́ювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaspokójity",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заспоко́їти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utyšáty",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утиша́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utýšyty",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ути́шити"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "treastgje"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "treystn",
"sense": "to provide comfort to — see also console",
"word": "טרייסטן"
}
],
"word": "comfort"
}
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