confidence

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• kŏn'fĭdəns
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/
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• Australian: /ˈkɔn.fɪ.dəns/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈkɔ̟n.fə.dəns]
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From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”). By surface analysis, confide + ence.

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: besim — self-assurance
• Arabic: ثِقَة (ṯiqa) — self-assurance
• Azerbaijani: özünəinam — self-assurance
• Azerbaijani: etimad be nəfs — self-assurance
• Belarusian: упэ́ўненасць (upéwnjenascʹ) — self-assurance
• Belarusian: самаўпэ́ўненасць (samawpéwnjenascʹ) — self-assurance
• Bulgarian: уве́реност (uvérenost) — self-assurance
• Bulgarian: самоуве́реност (samouvérenost) — self-assurance
• Catalan: confiança — self-assurance
• Chinese Cantonese: 自信 (zi6 seon3) — self-assurance
• Chinese Mandarin: 信心 (xìnxīn) — self-assurance
• Chinese Mandarin: 自信 (zìxìn) — self-assurance
• Czech: sebevědomí — self-assurance
• Danish: selvsikkerhed — self-assurance
• Dutch: zelfvertrouwen — self-assurance
• Esperanto: memfido — self-assurance
• Finnish: itseluottamus — self-assurance
• French: assurance — self-assurance
• French: confiance en soi — self-assurance
• Galician: confianza — self-assurance
• Galician: fiúza — self-assurance
• German: Selbstgewissheit — self-assurance
• German: Selbstvergewisserung — self-assurance
• German: Selbstvertrauen — self-assurance
• German: Zuversicht — self-assurance
• Greek: αυτοπεποίθηση (aftopepoíthisi) — self-assurance
• Hebrew: בִּטָּחוֹן (bitakhón) — self-assurance
• Hebrew: אֱמוּנָה (emuná) — self-assurance
• Hindi: विश्वास (viśvās) — self-assurance
• Hindi: आत्मविश्वास (ātmaviśvās) — self-assurance
• Hindi: भरोसा (bharosā) — self-assurance
• Hungarian: magabiztosság — self-assurance
• Irish: urrúsacht — self-assurance
• Italian: fiducia — self-assurance
• Italian: autostima — self-assurance
• Italian: certezza — self-assurance
• Italian: sicurezza di sé — self-assurance
• Japanese: 自信 (jishin) — self-assurance
• Japanese: 確信 (kakushin) — self-assurance
• Khmer: ទំនុកចិត្ត (tumnuk cət) — self-assurance
• Khmer: ទំនុកទុកចិត្ត (tumnuktuk cət) — self-assurance
• Korean: 자신 (jasin) — self-assurance
• Korean: 확신 (hwaksin) — self-assurance
• Latin: confīdentia — self-assurance
• Malay: keyakinan — self-assurance
• Malayalam: ആത്മവിശ്വാസം (ātmaviśvāsaṁ) — self-assurance
• Māori: māia — self-assurance
• Māori: māiatanga — self-assurance
• Māori: ngākau titikaha — self-assurance
• Occitan: fisança — self-assurance
• Persian: اعتماد به نفس (e'temâd be nafs) — self-assurance
• Polish: pewność siebie — self-assurance
• Portuguese: convicção — self-assurance
• Portuguese: confiança — self-assurance
• Portuguese: segurança — self-assurance
• Romanian: siguranță — self-assurance
• Romanian: siguranță de sine — self-assurance
• Russian: уве́ренность (uvérennostʹ) — self-assurance
• Russian: самоуве́ренность (samouvérennostʹ) — self-assurance
• Spanish: certeza — self-assurance
• Spanish: certeza propia — self-assurance
• Spanish: autoconfianza — self-assurance
• Swedish: självsäkerhet — self-assurance
• Tagalog: kumpyansa — self-assurance
• Tagalog: kumpidensiya — self-assurance
• Telugu: నమ్మకము (nammakamu) — self-assurance
• Telugu: భరోసా (bharōsā) — self-assurance
• Thai: ความมั่นใจ (kwaam-mân-jai) — self-assurance
• Turkish: kendine itimat — self-assurance
• Turkish: öz güven — self-assurance
• Ukrainian: впе́вненість (vpévnenistʹ) — self-assurance
• Ukrainian: самовпе́вненість (samovpévnenistʹ) — self-assurance
• Vietnamese: tự tin — self-assurance
• Vietnamese: sự tự tin — self-assurance
• Vietnamese: tính tự tin — self-assurance
• Bashkir: ышаныс (ışanıs) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Bulgarian: сигурност (sigurnost) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Catalan: confiança — expression or feeling of certainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 信任 (xìnrèn) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 信賴 /信赖 (xìnlài) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 確定性 /确定性 (quèdìngxìng) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Czech: jistota — expression or feeling of certainty
• Finnish: luottamus — expression or feeling of certainty
• German: Zuversicht — expression or feeling of certainty
• Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (trauains) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Greek: βεβαιότητα (vevaiótita) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Hindi: विश्वास (viśvās) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Hindi: भरोसा (bharosā) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Hungarian: bizonyosság — expression or feeling of certainty
• Italian: fiducia — expression or feeling of certainty
• Japanese: 信用 (shin'yō) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Japanese: 信頼 (shinrai) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Japanese: 信任 (shinnin) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Kazakh: сенімшілік (senımşılık) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Korean: 신임 (sinim) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Korean: 신용 (sinyong) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Korean: 신뢰 (silloe) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Latin: fīdūcia — expression or feeling of certainty
• Macedonian: доверба (doverba) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Māori: māiatanga — expression or feeling of certainty
• Māori: ngākau titikaha — expression or feeling of certainty
• Norwegian Bokmål: tillit — expression or feeling of certainty
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tillit — expression or feeling of certainty
• Occitan: fisança — expression or feeling of certainty
• Portuguese: certeza — expression or feeling of certainty
• Portuguese: convicção — expression or feeling of certainty
• Romanian: siguranță — expression or feeling of certainty
• Russian: уве́ренность (uvérennostʹ) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Spanish: certidumbre — expression or feeling of certainty
• Swedish: tilltro — expression or feeling of certainty
• Swedish: tillit — expression or feeling of certainty
• Tagalog: segurado — expression or feeling of certainty
• Tocharian B: päkwalñe — expression or feeling of certainty
• Turkish: itimat — expression or feeling of certainty
• Turkish: güven — expression or feeling of certainty
• Ukrainian: впе́вненість (vpévnenistʹ) — expression or feeling of certainty
• Vietnamese: sự tự tin — expression or feeling of certainty
• Albanian: besueshmëria — quality of trusting
• Bulgarian: вяра (vjara) — quality of trusting
• Bulgarian: доверие (doverie) — quality of trusting
• Chinese Mandarin: 信任 (xìnrèn) — quality of trusting
• Chinese Mandarin: 信賴 /信赖 (xìnlài) — quality of trusting
• Chinese Mandarin: 確定性 /确定性 (quèdìngxìng) — quality of trusting
• Czech: důvěra — quality of trusting
• Danish: fortrolighed — quality of trusting
• Dutch: vertrouwen — quality of trusting
• Finnish: luottamus — quality of trusting
• French: confiance — quality of trusting
• Galician: confianza — quality of trusting
• Galician: fiúza — quality of trusting
• German: Vertrauen — quality of trusting
• German: Zutrauen — quality of trusting
• Greek: εμπιστοσύνη (empistosýni) — quality of trusting
• Hindi: विश्वास (viśvās) — quality of trusting
• Hungarian: bizalom — quality of trusting
• Italian: fiducia — quality of trusting
• Korean: 확실(確實)함 (hwaksilham) — quality of trusting
• Korean: 확실성 (hwaksilseong) — quality of trusting
• Latin: fīdūcia — quality of trusting
• Māori: whakamanawatanga — quality of trusting
• Norwegian Bokmål: tillit — quality of trusting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tillit — quality of trusting
• Portuguese: confiança — quality of trusting
• Portuguese: confidência — quality of trusting
• Spanish: confidencia — quality of trusting
• Swedish: tilltro — quality of trusting
• Swedish: tillit — quality of trusting
• Turkish: itimat — quality of trusting
• Turkish: güven — quality of trusting
• Bulgarian: поверително съобщение (poveritelno sǎobštenie) — information held in secret
• Catalan: confidència — information held in secret
• Chinese Mandarin: 心裡話 /心里话 (xīnlihuà) — information held in secret
• Chinese Mandarin: 秘密 (mìmì) — information held in secret
• Czech: důvěrnost — information held in secret
• Czech: tajemství — information held in secret
• Finnish: luottamuksellinen tieto — information held in secret
• French: confidence — information held in secret
• German: Vertraulichkeit — information held in secret
• Greek: απόρρητο (apórrito) — information held in secret
• Hungarian: bizalmasság — information held in secret
• Italian: confidenza — information held in secret
• Japanese: 打ち明け話 (uchiakebanashi) — information held in secret
• Japanese: 秘密 (himitsu) — information held in secret
• Korean: 비밀 (bimil) — information held in secret
• Korean: 속내 (songnae) — information held in secret
• Portuguese: confidência — information held in secret
• Romanian: confidență — information held in secret
• Spanish: confidencia — information held in secret
• Swedish: förtroende — information held in secret
• Turkish: samimiyet — information held in secret
• Turkish: teklifsizlik — information held in secret