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confidant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
   • 'Of course'—implied the loyal manager, and 'Oh, of course; not a word,' assented his confidant. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
   • Bankman-Fried’s confidants were along for the ride. At his side was Caroline Ellison, Alameda’s CEO and his on-again, off-again lover. 2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2024:
   • One in thought and purpose, linked by the necessity of combating one hostile fate, a power antagonistic ever, — a power we lived to evade, — we had no confidants save ourselves. 1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 5:
   • Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […] 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, William Miller, published 1808, page 223:

Forms

Coordinates

confidante

Translations (42)

tr dert ortağı (person in whom one can confide) · pl zausznik (person in whom one can confide) · pl powiernik (person in whom one can confide) · ota ناموس (person in whom one can confide) · ota بطانه (person in whom one can confide) · es confidente (person in whom one can confide) · is trúnaðarvinur (person in whom one can confide) · ga anamchara (person in whom one can confide) · cmn 密友 (person in whom one can confide) · fr confidente (person in whom one can confide) · ga rúnchara (person in whom one can confide) · ru дове́ренное лицо́ (person in whom one can confide) · hu kebelbarátnő (person in whom one can confide) · egy Hr:r-s-S:t*tA (person in whom one can confide) · bg верен приятел (person in whom one can confide) · de Vertrauter (person in whom one can confide) · egy V22:Y1-F34:Z1 (person in whom one can confide) · is trúnaðarmaður (person in whom one can confide) · cmn 知己 (person in whom one can confide) · hu bizalmas barát (person in whom one can confide) · ru напе́рсник (person in whom one can confide) · egy G35-q:D54-F34:Z1 (person in whom one can confide) · pt confidente (person in whom one can confide) · hu kebelbarát (person in whom one can confide) · nl vertrouweling (person in whom one can confide) · pl powierniczka (person in whom one can confide) · ga cara rúin (person in whom one can confide) · pl zausznica (person in whom one can confide) · egy m-H-D38:k (person in whom one can confide) · tl kapalagayang-loob (person in whom one can confide) · is rún (person in whom one can confide) · bg довереник (person in whom one can confide) · nl vertrouwelinge (person in whom one can confide) · ga rúnaí (person in whom one can confide) · cs důvěrník (person in whom one can confide) · da fortrolig (person in whom one can confide) · io konfidencario (person in whom one can confide) · is rúna (person in whom one can confide) · he אִישׁ סוֹד (person in whom one can confide) · fr confident (person in whom one can confide) · fi uskottu (person in whom one can confide) · tr sırdaş (person in whom one can confide)