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solatium

/səˈleɪʃi.əm/

solatium noun: a form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.

Noun

solatium (countable and uncountable, plural solatia)

  1. A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
  2. (figuratively) Intangible or emotional compensation.
    • "But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160).

solatium meaning in Tamil

solatium in Tamil

இழப்பீட்டு ஆறுதல் தொகை, இழப்பீடு

Forms of solatium

pluralsolatia

Origin of solatium

Borrowed from Latin solatium.

Questions about solatium

What does solatium mean?
Solatium means a form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
What is solatium in Tamil?
Solatium in Tamil is இழப்பீட்டு ஆறுதல் தொகை, இழப்பீடு. See Solatium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is solatium?
Solatium is a noun.
How do you pronounce solatium?
Solatium is pronounced /səˈleɪʃi.əm/.
What is the plural of solatium?
The plural of solatium is solatia.

Words near solatium in the dictionary

  1. solates
  2. solatia
  3. solating
  4. solation
  5. solations
  6. solatium
  7. solauricidine
  8. solauricine
  9. Solavellan
  10. Solavellan Hell
  11. solaverbascine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: solatium (page history and authors); solatium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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