confident

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin confidens (“‘confident, i.e. self-confident, in good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent’”), prop. ppr. of confidere (“‘to trust fully, confide’”); see confide.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

confident (comparative more confident, superlative most confident)

1. being very sure of or positive about something

[edit] Related terms

• confidant
• confidante
• confide
• confidence
• confidential
• overconfident

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• confident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• confident in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃/, SAMPA: /kO~.fi.dA~/

[edit] Noun

confident m. (plural confidents; feminine confidente, plural confidentes)

1. confidant