confidentiality

English

Etymology

confidential +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælɪti

Noun

confidentiality (countable and uncountable, plural confidentialities)

1. (uncountable) The property of being confidential.
   • 2023 October 18, Pip Dunn, “Network News: HSTs land in Mexico with more primed for export”, in RAIL, number 994, page 14:

     The company was unable to comment on much of the moves owing to client confidentiality agreements.

2. (countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.

Translations

property

• Basque: konfidentzialtasun
• Catalan: confidencialitat f
• Finnish: luottamuksellisuus (fi)
• Georgian: კონფიდენციალურობა (ḳonpidencialuroba)
• German: Vertraulichkeit (de) f
• Greek: εμπιστευτικότητα (el) f (empisteftikótita)
• Hungarian: bizalmasság (hu), titoktartás (hu)
• Irish: rúndacht f
• Italian: confidenzialità f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konfidensialitet m

  Nynorsk: konfidensialitet m

• Polish: poufność (pl) f
• Portuguese: confidencialidade f
• Spanish: confidencialidad (es) f

something told in confidence — see secret