How To Console (Yes, It Is A Pun...;))

My Visit To My Cardiologist

 

I have to look up this ultrasound machine.

 

I trust this machine. I saw and heard my heart beating. It assesses the blood flow and the condition of the heart muscle as well... Pretty impressive.

 

The imagery resembles an ultrasound display of a fetus.

That's when I saw my youngest son boxing and kicking...;)) He has retained these traits in his personality.

 

I am making a pun.

Such a cabinet is known as a console. The verb, "to console" means to provide comfort and solace... Nancy caught it...;))

 

Here is what Wictionary has on the noun and verb variations:

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/console

 

English

 

Etymology 1

From French console (“a bracket”)

 

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ˈkɒn.səʊl/, SAMPA: /"kQn.s@Ul/

(US) IPA: /ˈkɑːn.soʊl/, SAMPA: /"kAn.soUl/

 

Noun

console (plural consoles)

 

A cabinet designed to stand on the floor.

 

A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.

 

The keyboard and screen of a computer.

 

A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.

 

(video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability to change games.

 

(architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

 

 

Derived terms

console table

 

See also

corbel

 

Etymology 2

From French consoler, from Latin consolari (“offer solace”)

 

Pronunciation

(RP) enPR: kənsōlʹ, IPA: /kənˈsəʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"s@Ul/

(US) enPR: kənsōlʹ, IPA: /kənˈsoʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"soUl/

Audio (US)

 

(file)

Rhymes: -əʊl

 

Verb

console (third-person singular simple present consoles, present participle consoling, simple past and past participle consoled)

(transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.  [quotations ▼]

 

Synonyms

comfort, solace

 

Derived terms

consolable

consolation

consolatory

consoler

consoling

consolingly

 

Translations

to comfort

 

French

 

Verb

console

first-person singular present indicative of consoler.

third-person singular present indicative of consoler.

first-person singular present subjunctive of consoler.

first-person singular present subjunctive of consoler.

second-person singular imperative of consoler.

 

Italian

 

Etymology

From Latin cōnsul.

 

Noun

console m (plural consoli)

consul

 

Related terms

consolare

consolato

 

 

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