corroborate

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• UK: /kəˈrɒbərət/
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• UK: /kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/
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• US: /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/
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• CMU ARPABET: K ER0 AA1 B ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“to support, corroborate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, rōboris (“strength”). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, otherwise archaic.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: пацвярджа́ць (pacvjardžácʹ) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Belarusian: пацве́рдзіць (pacvjérdzicʹ) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Bulgarian: потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Bulgarian: подкрепям (podkrepjam) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Catalan: corroborar — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Chinese Mandarin: 佐證 /佐证 (zuǒzhèng) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Danish: bekræfte — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Dutch: onderbouwen — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Esperanto: konfirmi — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Finnish: vahvistaa — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• French: corroborer — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• German: bestätigen — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• German: untermauern — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• German: stützen — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• German: bekräftigen — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Hungarian: megerősít — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Icelandic: styrkja — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Irish: neartaigh le — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Italian: corroborare — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Latin: corrōborō — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Lithuanian: patvirtinti — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Manx: co-niartaghey — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Manx: co-niartey — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Marathi: पुष्टी देणे (puṣṭī deṇe) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Marathi: परिपोष करणे (paripoṣ karṇe) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekrefte — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Norwegian Bokmål: styrke — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Norwegian Bokmål: underbygge — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bekrefte — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: styrke — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: underbygge — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Polish: potwierdzać — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Polish: potwierdzić — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Portuguese: corroborar — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Romanian: susține — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Romanian: corobora — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Romanian: adeveri — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Russian: подкреплять (podkrepljatʹ) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Russian: подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Russian: подтверди́ть (podtverdítʹ) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Slovene: podpreti — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Spanish: corroborar — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Swedish: bekräfta — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Swedish: bestyrka — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Swedish: styrka — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Turkish: delille desteklemek — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Ukrainian: підтве́рджувати (pidtvérdžuvaty) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Ukrainian: підтве́рдити (pidtvérdyty) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Ukrainian: підкрі́плювати (pidkrípljuvaty) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Ukrainian: підкріпи́ти (pidkripýty) — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Welsh: ategu — To confirm or support with additional evidence
• Bulgarian: укрепвам (ukrepvam) — To make strong; to strengthen
• Bulgarian: засилвам (zasilvam) — To make strong; to strengthen
• Italian: corroborare — To make strong; to strengthen
• Polish: umacniać — To make strong; to strengthen
• Polish: umocnić — To make strong; to strengthen