confidence

== English == === Alternative forms === confidency (obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: kŏn'fĭdəns (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/ (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.fɪ.dəns/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ̟n.fə.dəns] === Noun === confidence (countable and uncountable, plural confidences) Self-assurance. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret. (dated) Boldness; presumption. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “self-assurance”): timidity, shyness, bashfulness, insecurity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === confidence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnfīdentia. Doublet of confiance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃s/ === Noun === confidence f (plural confidences) confidence, secret ==== Related terms ==== confident === Further reading === “confidence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012