condoléance

See also: condoleance and condoléancé

Dutch

Noun

condoléance f (plural condoléances)

Superseded spelling of condoleance.

Usage notes

The spelling condoléance was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ.le.ɑ̃s/
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Etymology 1

Formed, on the basis of doléance, from Old French condoloir (cf. condouloir), borrowed from Latin condelere.

Noun

condoléance f (plural condoléances)

sympathy, condolence

Derived terms

condoléancer

Descendants

→ Dutch: condoleance

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

condoléance

inflection of condoléancer:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“condoléance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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