confidence
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Self-assurance.
- (countable, uncountable) A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
- (countable, uncountable) Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
- (countable, dated, uncountable) Boldness; presumption.
Synonyms
self confidence
Translations
confiance
fiducia
confianza
Vertrauen
confiança
vertrouwen
confiançaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”). By surface analysis, confide + ence.
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