confabulation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A casual conversation; a chat.
2. (countable, uncountable) A fabricated memory believed to be true, especially in someone suffering from dementia.

Concepts

confabulation

Synonymes

confab

chat

schmooze

conversation

schmoose

causerie

gossip

small talk

talk

🗣️

shmooze

chin wag

chin wagging

chin-wagging

chit-chat

chit chat

chin-wag

chitchat

colloquy

dalliance

gabfest

Traductions

confabulação

confabulación

confabulazione

κουβέντα

Konfabulation

conciliábulo

charla

🗣️

المحادثة

plática

xerrada

συνομιλία

chiacchierata

bate-papo

conversa

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kənˌfæbjʊˈleɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: confabulacion

In summary

From Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem.