confer

== English == === Etymology === From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren, German konferieren, Danish konferere, Swedish konferera. Doublet of collate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜː/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜɹ/, [kʰə̥ɱˈfɝ] (Australian) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜː/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈføː/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /kənˈfɛr/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /kənˈfeː/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /kənˈfɛː/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) === Verb === confer (third-person singular simple present confers, present participle conferring, simple past and past participle conferred) (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.] Synonym: afford (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.] Synonym: palaver (obsolete) To compare. [16th–18th c.] 1557 (book title): The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations. (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.] (obsolete) To contribute; to conduce. [16th–18th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkõː.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔɱ.fer] === Verb === cōnfer second-person singular present active imperative of cōnferō. Often abbreviated cf and used to mean "compare with". == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin cōnfer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkonfeɾ/ [ˈkõɱ.feɾ] Rhymes: -onfeɾ Syllabification: con‧fer === Phrase === confer alternative form of cónfer ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “confer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “confer”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN