confidence

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CONFIDENCECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeydʰ-#CONFIDENCE

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#CONFIDENCECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CONFIDENCE confidence, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CONFIDENCE cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CONFIDENCE confidence), from cōnfīdō (believe, confide in) from con- (with) + fīdō (trust).

By surface analysis, confide + ence.

Pronunciation

Noun

confidence (countable and uncountable, plural confidences)Category:English lemmas#CONFIDENCECategory:English nouns#CONFIDENCECategory:English uncountable nouns#CONFIDENCECategory:English countable nouns#CONFIDENCECategory:English countable nouns#CONFIDENCECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONFIDENCECategory:Pages with entries#CONFIDENCECategory:Pages with 2 entries#CONFIDENCE

  1. Self-assurance.
  2. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
    She had confidence it would soon end.Category:English terms with usage examples#CONFIDENCE
  3. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
  4. (datedCategory:English dated terms#CONFIDENCE) Boldness; presumption.

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References

Category:en:Emotions#CONFIDENCE

French

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#CONFIDENCECategory:French terms derived from Latin#CONFIDENCE cōnfīdentia. Doublet of confianceCategory:French doublets#CONFIDENCE.

Pronunciation

Noun

confidence f (plural confidences)Category:French lemmas#CONFIDENCECategory:French nouns#CONFIDENCECategory:French countable nouns#CONFIDENCECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CONFIDENCECategory:French feminine nouns#CONFIDENCECategory:Pages with entries#CONFIDENCECategory:Pages with 2 entries#CONFIDENCE

  1. confidence, secret

Further reading

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