confidant

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• General-American: /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N F AH0 D AA2 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *bheydh- Proto-Indo-European *bhéydheti Proto-Italic *feiðō Latin fīdō Latin cōnfīdō Latin cōnfīdentem Italian confidentebor. French confidentbor. English confidant Borrowed from French confident.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: довереник (doverenik) — person in whom one can confide
• Bulgarian: верен приятел (veren prijatel) — person in whom one can confide
• Chinese Mandarin: 密友 (mìyǒu) — person in whom one can confide
• Chinese Mandarin: 知己 (zhījǐ) — person in whom one can confide
• Czech: důvěrník — person in whom one can confide
• Danish: fortrolig — person in whom one can confide
• Dutch: vertrouweling — person in whom one can confide
• Dutch: vertrouwelinge — person in whom one can confide
• Egyptian: V22:Y1-F34:Z1 (mḥ-jb) — person in whom one can confide
• Egyptian: G35-q:D54-F34:Z1 (ꜥq-jb) — person in whom one can confide
• Egyptian: Hr:r-s-S:t*tA (ḥrj-sštꜣ) — person in whom one can confide
• Egyptian: m-H-D38:k (mḥnk) — person in whom one can confide
• Finnish: uskottu — person in whom one can confide
• French: confidente — person in whom one can confide
• French: confident — person in whom one can confide
• German: Vertrauter — person in whom one can confide
• Hebrew: אִישׁ סוֹד (ish sod) — person in whom one can confide
• Hungarian: kebelbarát — person in whom one can confide
• Hungarian: kebelbarátnő — person in whom one can confide
• Hungarian: bizalmas barát — person in whom one can confide
• Icelandic: trúnaðarmaður — person in whom one can confide
• Icelandic: trúnaðarvinur — person in whom one can confide
• Icelandic: rún — person in whom one can confide
• Icelandic: rúna — person in whom one can confide
• Ido: konfidencario — person in whom one can confide
• Irish: rúnaí — person in whom one can confide
• Irish: anamchara — person in whom one can confide
• Irish: cara rúin — person in whom one can confide
• Irish: rúnchara — person in whom one can confide
• Polish: powiernik — person in whom one can confide
• Polish: powierniczka — person in whom one can confide
• Polish: zausznik — person in whom one can confide
• Polish: zausznica — person in whom one can confide
• Portuguese: confidente — person in whom one can confide
• Russian: дове́ренное лицо́ (dovérennoje licó) — person in whom one can confide
• Russian: напе́рсник (napérsnik) — person in whom one can confide
• Spanish: confidente — person in whom one can confide
• Tagalog: kapalagayang-loob — person in whom one can confide
• Turkish: dert ortağı — person in whom one can confide
• Turkish: sırdaş — person in whom one can confide
• Ottoman Turkish: بطانه (bıtane) — person in whom one can confide
• Ottoman Turkish: ناموس (namus) — person in whom one can confide