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comfort.

Contentment, ease.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʌm.fət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkʊm.fət/Northern-England/ˈkʌm.fɚt/Canada, General-American[ˈkʰɐɱ.fɚt]Canada, General-American
  1. Contentment, ease.

    countable · uncountable
    Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
  2. Something that offers comfort.

    countable · uncountable
    the comforts of home
  3. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

    countable · uncountable
    We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
  4. A cause of relief or satisfaction.

    countable · uncountable
    The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

verb/ˈkʌm.fət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkʊm.fət/Northern-England/ˈkʌm.fɚt/Canada, General-American[ˈkʰɐɱ.fɚt]Canada, General-American
  1. To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.

    transitive
    Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
  2. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

    obsolete
  3. To assist or help; to aid.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

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