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Pronunciation / Transliteration: réconfort
"Ses paroles m'ont apporté un grand réconfort."
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A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint.
"She sank into the armchair and sighed with comfort."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Old French confort, from conforter 'to strengthen, comfort', based on Latin confortare, from con- (intensifying prefix) + fortis 'strong'.
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réconfort
Transliteration: réconfort
"Ses paroles m'ont apporté un grand réconfort."
Komfort
Transliteration: Komfort
"Das Hotel bietet modernen Komfort."
comfort
Transliteration: comfort
"Cerco un po' di comfort dopo una lunga giornata."
comodidad
Transliteration: comodidad
"Prefiero la comodidad sobre la moda."
conforto
Transliteration: conforto
"A casa oferecia todo o conforto necessário."
आराम
Transliteration: aram
"इस कुर्सी पर बैठने में बहुत आराम मिलता है।"
舒适
Transliteration: shūshì
"这张床睡起来非常舒适。"
안락함
Transliteration: allakham
"그 집은 안락함으로 가득 차 있었다."
快適
Transliteration: kaiteki
"この部屋はとても快適です。"
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