consolation prize

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consolation prize

noun consolation prizes

  1. 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. 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 f

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noun award given to persons or groups of people who do not win

Españolpremio de consolación, premio de consuelo, premio consolador, premio consolativo, premio consolatorio
日本語残念賞 zannenshou
中文安慰獎 /安慰奖 ānwèijiǎng
Portuguêsprêmio de consolação, prémio de consolação
Françaisprix de consolation, lot de consolation
DeutschTrostpreis
Italianopremio di consolazione
עבריתפְּרַס תַּנְחוּמִים pras tanẖumím

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@misc{consolation_prize_2026,
  title = {consolation prize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/consolation%20prize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}