Standard Lemma guide

confirmand

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin cōnfirmandus.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: biřmovanec — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Danish: konfirmand — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • French: confirmand — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • French: confirmande — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • German: Konfirmand — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • German: Konfirmandin — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • German: Firmling — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Hungarian: konfirmandus — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Italian: cresimando — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Italian: cresimanda — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Polish: bierzmowany — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Polish: bierzmowana — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Portuguese: crismando — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Portuguese: crismanda — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Portuguese: confirmando — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Portuguese: confirmanda — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Serbo-Croatian: krizmanik — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Slovene: birmanec — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Slovene: firmanik — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Spanish: confirmando — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Spanish: confirmanda — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Swedish: konfirmand — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Welsh: ymgeisydd — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism
  • Welsh: ymgeisiwr — candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism