confidence

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English

Alternative forms

• confidency (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”).

Morphologically confide +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŏn'fĭdəns
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/

Noun

confidence (countable and uncountable, plural confidences)

1. Self-assurance.
2. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
3. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
4. (dated) Boldness; presumption.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “self-assurance”): timidity, shyness, bashfulness, insecurity

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Translations

References

• confidence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfīdentia. Doublet of confiance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃s/

Noun

confidence f (plural confidences)

1. confidence, secret

Related terms

• confident

Further reading

• “confidence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.