inconsolable

English

Etymology

As if in- +‎ consolable, from Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis

Adjective

inconsolable (comparative more inconsolable, superlative most inconsolable)

1. Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
   • 2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[1]:

     Salah looked inconsolable as he was led from the pitch and Sergio Ramos had some nerve offering a sympathetic hug on the way off.

Synonyms

• unconsolable

Derived terms

• inconsolability
• inconsolableness
• inconsolably

Translations

Not consolable

• Armenian: անամոք (hy) (anamokʻ)
• Belarusian: няўцешны (njaŭcješny)
• Bulgarian: безутешен (bg) (bezutešen)
• Catalan: inconsolable
• Dutch: ontroostbaar (nl)
• Finnish: lohduton (fi), murheen murtama
• French: inconsolable (fr)
• Galician: inconsolable (gl)
• German: untröstlich (de)
• Greek: απαρηγόρητος (el) (aparigóritos)
• Hungarian: megvigasztalhatatlan, vigasztalhatatlan (hu), vigasztalan (hu)
• Icelandic: óhuggandi
• Italian: inconsolabile (it)
• Latin: inconsolabilis
• Polish: niepocieszony, nieukojony, nieutulony
• Portuguese: inconsolável (pt)
• Russian: безуте́шный (ru) (bezutéšnyj), неуте́шный (ru) (neutéšnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: neutješan (sh)
• Spanish: inconsolable (es), desconsolado (es)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ consolable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sɔ.labl/

Adjective

inconsolable (plural inconsolables)

1. inconsolable

Derived terms

• inconsolablement

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkonsoˈlable/ [ĩŋ.kõn.soˈla.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: in‧con‧so‧la‧ble

Adjective

inconsolable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconsolables)

1. inconsolable

Further reading

• “inconsolable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014