offer one's condolences

verb

To offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one.

“The president offered his condolences to the mother of the dead soldier.”

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Meanings

verboffer one's condolences (third-person singular simple present offers one's condolences, present participle offering one's condolences, simple past and past participle offered one's condolences)

present singular third person offers one's condolences · participle present offering one's condolences · participle past offered one's condolences · past offered one's condolences

  1. idiomaticTo offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one.

    The president offered his condolences to the mother of the dead soldier.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 弔唁 /吊唁
  • 弔唁 /吊唁 (diàoyàn)offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Czech upřímnou soustrast
  • upřímnou soustrastoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Dutch condoleren
  • condolerenoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Finnish otan osaa, esittää osanottonsa
  • otan osaaoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • esittää osanottonsaoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
French présenter ses condoléances
  • présenter ses condoléancesoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
German sein Beileid aussprechen
  • sein Beileid aussprechenoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Hungarian részvétét kifejezi
  • részvétét kifejezioffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Icelandic votta samúð sína
  • votta samúð sínaoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Indonesian berbelasungkawa
  • berbelasungkawaoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Irish comhbhrón a dhéanamh le
  • comhbhrón a dhéanamh leoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Japanese 哀悼の意を表する
  • 哀悼の意を表する (aitō no i o hyō suru)offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Korean 애도의 뜻을 표하다
  • 애도의 뜻을 표하다 (aedo-ui tteus-eul pyohada)offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Norwegian Bokmål kondolerer
  • kondolereroffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Russian выража́ть соболе́знования, вы́разить соболе́знования
  • выража́ть соболе́знования (vyražátʹ soboléznovanija)offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • вы́разить соболе́знования (výrazitʹ soboléznovanija)offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Swedish kondolera
  • kondoleraoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Vietnamese chia buồn, phân ưu
  • chia buồnoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
  • phân ưuoffer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one
Cite this entry
APA

offer one's condolences. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offer%20one's%20condolences

MLA

“offer one's condolences.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offer%20one's%20condolences. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “offer one's condolences,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offer%20one's%20condolences.

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