console

UK/ˈkɒn.səʊl//ˈkɑn.soʊl/

console noun: a stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system. Also the ellipsis of video game console.

Noun

console (plural consoles)

A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
- The film's music blared from the console.
A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
- The operating console of the new Glasgow Central cabin is divided into four sections, each at an angle to each other and each of which is normally under one signalman's control; [...]1961 March, “The new Glasgow Central signalbox”, in Trains Illustrated, page 177
1. The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
- Could you put my phone in the centre console?
An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.
A cantilever.
A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
- On an attractive console with two winged putti as supporters [...] is a marriage coat of arms : Dexter, the Paoli arms : Gules (base), a bend azure charged with five lilies gules, and or (chief); Sinister, the[…]1919, Allan Marquand, Robbia Heraldry, page 60
- The only authentic reference for the tincture of the shield still in existence is the armorial console in Jacques Coeur's chapel[…]1994, James H. Marrow, François Avril, The Hours of Simon de Varie, Getty Publications, →ISBN, page 134

Verb

UK/kənˈsəʊl/US/kənˈsoʊl/

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.
- However, she contained herself as best she might, consoled by the reflection that her reasoning had been justified by events.1922, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary, Chapter 9
- 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
  "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that...
Synonyms:

comfort, solace, besoothe, cheer, soothe

Also used as

console is also the ellipsis of video game console.

console meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

console in Hindi

cabinet with controls, instruments, and displays: कंसोल kansol

console in Marathi

कन्सोल, कंसोल

console in Urdu

کنسول

console in Bengali

কনসোল, কন্সোল

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console in Malayalam: കൺസോൾ, കോൺസോൾ
console in Kannada: ಕನ್ಸೋಲ್, ಕನ್ಸೊಲ್, ಸಾಂತ್ವನ ಹೇಳಲು
console in Punjabi: ਕੰਸੋਲ, ਇੱਕ ਕੰਸੋਲ, ਕਨਸੋਲ
console in Gujarati: કન્સોલ, કોન્સોલ, કન્સોલ કરો
console in Odia: କନସୋଲ୍, କନସୋଲ, କନ୍ସୋଲ୍
console in Nepali: कन्सोल, कन्सोल गर्नुहोस्
console in Arabic: وَاسَى wāsā, عَزَّى ʕazzā, سَلَّى sallā
console in Vietnamese: bàn điều khiển, bàn kiểm soát, bảng điều khiển, bảng kiểm soát

Examples of console in a sentence

The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.
Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.
Bob's a real video-game freak. He owns every games console of the last ten years.

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Synonyms of console

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Forms of console

Noun
plural	consoles
Verb
third-person singular present	consoles
present participle	consoling
past participle	consoled
past	consoled

Plural of console: consoles

Origin of console

Borrowed from French console (“bracket”, noun), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”, verb). Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consolateur (“consoler”), itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load). Originally used for the bracket itself, then for wall-mounted tables (mounted with a bracket), then for free-standing tables placed against a wall. Use for control system dates at least to 1880s for an “organ console”; use for electrical or electronic control systems dates at least to 1930s in radio, television, and system control, particularly as “mixer console” or “control console”, attached to an equipment rack. This was popularized in computers by mainframes such as the IBM 704 (1954) in terms such as “operator’s console” or “console typewriter”, and then generalized to any attached equipment, particularly for user interaction. The automotive sense harks back to earlier use as “support”.

Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace).

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Words that rhyme with console

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Questions about console

What does console mean?: Console means a stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
What is console in Hindi?: Console in Hindi is कंसोल (kansol). See Console meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is console?: Console can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce console?: Console is pronounced /ˈkɒn.səʊl/ (UK).
What is the plural of console?: The plural of console is consoles.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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