console
pronunciation
How to pronounce console in British English:
UK [kənˈsəʊl , ˈkɒnsəʊl]
How to pronounce console in American English:
US [kənˈsoʊl , ˈkɑːnsoʊl]
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- Noun:
- a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
- a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
- an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
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- Verb:
- give moral or emotional strength to
Word Origin
- console
- console: [14] Console means literally ‘offer solace’. It comes from Latin consōlārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and sōlārī ‘comfort’ (source of the Latin noun sōlātium, from which English gets solace [13]). English acquired it either directly, or via French consoler. The Latin agent noun derived from consōlārī was consōlātor ‘comforter’, which passed into French as consolateur. This came to be used as an architectural term for a carved human figure supporting a cornice, shelf, etc, and was eventually shortened to console; this was borrowed into English in the 18th century.=> solace
- console (v.)
- 1690s, from French consoler "to comfort, console," from Latin consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Or perhaps a back-formation from consolation. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by frefran. Related: Consoled; consoling.
- console (n.)
- 1706, "a cabinet; an ornamental base structure," from French console "a bracket" (16c.), which is of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle French consolateur, literally "one who consoles," word used for carved human figures supporting cornices, shelves or rails in choir stalls. Another guess connects it to Latin consolidare. Sense evolved to "body of a musical organ" (1881), "radio cabinet" (1925), then "cabinet for a TV, stereo, etc." (1944).
Example
- 1. For this example the rails console alone will do .
- 2. Even the launch console was still intact , red button and all .
- 3. Mr hunter rushed to console one investor on the west coast who said she was contemplating suicide .
- 4. At least hong kongers can console themselves with the diversity of apartments available on the market .
- 5. The package includes a camera and a console , which together cost $ 599 .