affidavit

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• /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/
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• Philippines, nonstandard: /-ævɪt/
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• rhymes with -eɪvɪt
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From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bheydh- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots).

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: afidàvit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 宣誓書 /宣誓书 (xuānshìshū) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Czech: čestné prohlášení — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Danish: erklæring — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Danish: skriftligt udsagn — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Dutch: affidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Dutch: beëdigde verklaring — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Esperanto: afidavito — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Finnish: valaehtoinen kirjallinen todistus — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• French: affidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• French: attestation sur l'honneur — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Galician: despoemento — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Galician: afirmamento — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• German: eidesstattliche Versicherung — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• German: eidesstattliche Erklärung — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• German: Versicherung an Eides statt — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Greek: ένορκη γραπτή κατάθεση (énorki graptí katáthesi) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Hebrew: תצהיר (tatshir) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Hindi: हलफ़नामा (halafnāmā) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Hungarian: eskü alatt tett írásbeli nyilatkozat — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Hungarian: eskünyilatkozat — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Icelandic: eiðsvarin yfirlýsing — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Icelandic: skrifleg yfirlýsing — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Icelandic: eiðfest yfirlýsing — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Indonesian: dokumen sah — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Indonesian: afidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Japanese: 宣誓供述書 (sensei kyōjutsusho) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Japanese: 供述書 (kyōjutsusho) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Kazakh: аффидевит (affidevit) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Korean: 선서진술서 (seonseojinsulseo) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Malay: afidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Malayalam: സത്യവാങ്മൂലം (satyavāṅmūlaṁ) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Polish: affidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Portuguese: affidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Romanian: afidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Russian: аффиде́вит (affidɛ́vit) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Russian: аффидави́т (affidavít) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Russian: пи́сьменное показа́ние под прися́гой (písʹmennoje pokazánije pod prisjágoj) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Sinhalese: දිවුරුම් පත (diwurum pata) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Sinhalese: දිවුරුම් පෙත්සම (diwurum petsama) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Spanish: declaración jurada — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Spanish: affidávit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Spanish: afidávit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Spanish: affidavit — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Tagalog: sinumpaang salaysay — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
• Urdu: حلف نامہ (half nāmah) — legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement