Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

consolation prize

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: con-so-la-tion prize
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

Example Sentences

"The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize."

Inflected Forms

consolation prizes (plural)

Phrases

booby prize participation trophy

Frequently Paired Words

booby prize participation trophy

Questions

What does consolation prize mean?: An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

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