confirmation

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Etymology

From Latin confirmatio, noun of process from confirmatus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of confirmare, from con- (“with”) + firmare (“to firm or strengthen”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

confirmation (plural confirmations)

1. An official indicator that things will happen as planned
2. Verification that something has happened
3. A sacrament of sealing and strengthening in many Christian Churches, often including a ceremony of anointing
   • 1977, Billy Joel, “Only the Good Die Young” (song), in The Stranger (album): 

     You got a nice white dress / and a party on your confirmation. / You've got a brand new soul, / mm, and a cross of gold.

Related terms

• confirm
• confirmational

Translations

indicator

• Bulgarian: потвърждение (bg) (potvǎrždenie) n
• Czech: potvrzení (cs) n
• Finnish: vahvistus (fi)
• French: confirmation (fr) f
• German: Bestätigung (de) f
• Italian: conferma (it) f

• Jèrriais: confirmâtion f
• Polish: potwierdzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: confirmação (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: daingneachadh (gd) m
• Slovak: potrvdenie n
• Spanish: confirmación (es) f

verification

• Bulgarian: потвърждение (bg) (potvǎrždenie) n
• Czech: potvrzení (cs) n
• Dutch: bevestiging (nl)
• Estonian: kinnitus (et)
• Finnish: vahvistus (fi)
• French: confirmation (fr) f, vérification (fr) f
• German: Bestätigung (de) f
• Hungarian: megerősítés (hu)

• Irish: diongbháil (ga) f
• Italian: conferma (it) f, verifica (it) f
• Jèrriais: confirmâtion f
• Polish: potwierdzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: confirmação (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: daingneachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: confirmación (es) f

sacrament

• Bulgarian: конфирмация (bg) (konfirmacija) f
• Czech: biřmování (cs) n
• Dutch: vormsel (nl)
• Esperanto: konfirmacio (eo)
• Finnish: konfirmaatio (fi)
• French: confirmation (fr) f
• German: Firmung f (Catholic), Konfirmation f (Protestant)
• Hungarian: bérmálás (hu) (Catholic), konfirmáció (hu) (Protestant)

• Icelandic: ferming (is) f
• Irish: cóineartú (ga) m
• Italian: cresima (it) f
• Jèrriais: confirmâtion f
• Polish: bierzmowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: crisma (pt) f, confirmação (pt) f
• Slovak: birmovanie n (Catholic), birmovka f (Catholic), konfirmácia f (Lutheran)
• Spanish: confirmación (es) f

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• Hebrew: אישור (yshur) m (1,2)
• Irish: cinntiú (ga) m

• Latin: confirmatio f
• Swedish: bekräftelse c (1,2), konfirmation c (3)