comfort

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.fət/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈkʊm.fət/ (General American) enPR: kŭm'fərt, IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.fɚt/, [ˈkʰɐɱ.fɚt] (non-native speakers' English) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.fɔɹt/ (obsolete or non-native speakers' English) enPR: kŭmfôrt', IPA(key): /kʌmˈfɔɹt/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre. ==== Noun ==== comfort (countable and uncountable, plural comforts) Contentment, ease. Antonym: austerity Something that offers comfort. Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment) A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. Synonyms: liss, solace; see also Thesaurus:consolation A cause of relief or satisfaction. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). ==== Verb ==== comfort (third-person singular simple present comforts, present participle comforting, simple past and past participle comforted) (transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. Synonyms: besoothe, console; see also Thesaurus:comfort (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid. ===== Derived terms ===== comforter comforting (adjective, noun) uncomfort ===== Translations ===== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch confoort, from Old French confort. === Pronunciation === (Netherlands) IPA(key): /kɔmˈfɔːr/ (Belgium) IPA(key): /kɔmˈfɔr(t)/ Hyphenation: com‧fort === Noun === comfort n (plural comforts, diminutive comfortje n) physical comfort, ease ==== Derived terms ==== comfortabel ligcomfort rijcomfort zitcomfort == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cumfort, confort, counfort === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French cunfort, confort. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kumˈfɔrt/, /kunˈfɔrt/ === Noun === comfort (plural comforts) encouragement, assurance ==== Descendants ==== English: comfort Yola: comfoort ==== References ==== “cǒmfort, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.