Meanings
plural consolation prizes
- An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.
1 more example
The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.
2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 安慰獎 /安慰奖
- 安慰獎 /安慰奖 (ānwèijiǎng)award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Czech cena útěchy
- cena útěchyaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Dutch troostprijs
- troostprijsaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Esperanto konsolpremio
- konsolpremioaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Finnish lohdutuspalkinto
- lohdutuspalkintoaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
French prix de consolation, lot de consolation
- prix de consolationaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- lot de consolationaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
German Trostpreis
- Trostpreisaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Hebrew פְּרַס תַּנְחוּמִים
- פְּרַס תַּנְחוּמִים (pras tanẖumím)award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Hungarian vigaszdíj
- vigaszdíjaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Icelandic huggunarverðlaun, uppbótarverðlaun
- huggunarverðlaunaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- uppbótarverðlaunaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Indonesian juara harapan
- juara harapanaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Italian premio di consolazione
- premio di consolazioneaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Japanese 残念賞
- 残念賞 (zannenshou)award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Polish nagroda pocieszenia
- nagroda pocieszeniaaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Portuguese prêmio de consolação, prémio de consolação
- prêmio de consolaçãoaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- prémio de consolaçãoaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Spanish premio de consolación, premio de consuelo
- premio de consolaciónaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- premio de consueloaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- premio consoladoraward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- premio consolativoaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- premio consolatorioaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Swedish tröstpris
- tröstprisaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Thai รางวัลปลอบใจ
- รางวัลปลอบใจ (raang-wan-bplɔ̀ɔp-jai)award given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Turkish teselli mükâfatı, teselli ödülü
- teselli mükâfatıaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
- teselli ödülüaward given to persons or groups of people who do not win
Cite this entry
consolation prize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consolation%20prize
“consolation prize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consolation%20prize. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consolation prize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consolation%20prize.
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