console

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from.

Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a, 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 (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”.

Noun

 * 1) A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
 * 2) A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
 * 3) An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
 * 4) The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
 * 5)  A consumer device dedicated to playing video games, with the ability to change games.
 * 6)  A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
 * 7)   An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.
 * 8)  A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
 * 1)  A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
 * 1)  A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
 * 1)  A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
 * 1)  A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Polish:


 * Finnish: ohjauskaappi, ohjauspöytä
 * Hindi: कंसोल
 * Ido:
 * Maori: paewhiri
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: manöverpanel, kontrollpanel
 * Vietnamese: bàn điều khiển, bàn kiểm soát


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Vietnamese: bảng điều khiển, bảng kiểm soát


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: konsol, spillekonsol
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ゲーム機
 * Norwegian: konsoll
 * Occitan: consòla
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: console
 * Spanish: consola
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: приста́вка


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Spanish: consola


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Ido:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: консо́ль, кронште́йн
 * Vietnamese: công xon, rầm chìa


 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish:
 * Korean: ,
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, from , root from (whence also ).

Verb

 * 1)  To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
 * 2) * P. Henry
 * I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
 * 1) * 1856:, , 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 shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arbëresh: fqerënj
 * Arabic: وَاسَى, عَزَّى, سَلَّى
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: ürək-dirək vermək
 * Belarusian: уцяша́ць, уце́шыць, заспако́йваць, заспако́іць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: utěšit
 * Danish: trøste
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: konsoli
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽, 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παρηγορέω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, racconsolare
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: жұбату
 * Latin: consōlor,
 * Luxembourgish: tréischten
 * Occitan:, assolar, assolaçar, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: утешити,
 * Slovak: utešiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: втіша́ти, вті́шити
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: טרייסטן

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A projection from a wall supporting a superincumbent weight.
 * 2) A console electronic control instrument with displays and an input device.
 * 3)  A video game console, a console, especially a non-portable one.

Usage notes

 * Usually pronounced with stress on the last syllable in line with the convention for borrowings from French, corresponding to the stress placement on the English verb. Pronunciation using the stress of the English noun is rather rare.
 * Mostly used by avid gamers and former gamers. Non-gamers tend to use the synonym instead and may find console pretentious or incorrect. This distinction in term usage seems to date to the mid/late nineties or early aughties.
 * Typically used for non-portable video game consoles, but may occasionally be applied to handhelds.
 * Typically used for non-portable video game consoles, but may occasionally be applied to handhelds.

Etymology
Probably a shortened from, denoting the same architectural element, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  a projection or spur on a wall, generally in the form of an "S", supporting a cornice, balcony etc.
 * 2)  projecting piece of timber in the form of a cantilever arm
 * 3)  piece of furniture abutted against a wall, serving as adornment and for the presentation of other fitments (such as pieces in bronze, clocks, vases etc.)
 * 4)  upper part of the harp holding the chords, or the controlling interface of a pipe organ
 * 5)  video game console, electronic gadget serving in order to play video games
 * 6)  physical interface allowing the control of an electronic system
 * 7)  programmed interface of a system
 * 1)  physical interface allowing the control of an electronic system
 * 2)  programmed interface of a system

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) consul

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1) a stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one that houses home entertainment equipment
 * 2)  a device dedicated to playing video games
 * 1)  a device dedicated to playing video games

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)   device dedicated to playing video games