fiducia

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fīdūcia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiˈdu.t͡ʃa/ Rhymes: -utʃa Hyphenation: fi‧dù‧cia === Noun === fiducia f (plural fiducie) trust, faith confidence credit ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === fiducia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === From unattested *fīdūcus +‎ -ia, from fīdō (“I trust”) +‎ -ūcus; cf. cadūcus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fiːˈduː.ki.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈduː.t͡ʃi.a] === Noun === fīdūcia f (genitive fīdūciae); first declension trust, confidence, assurance, reliance Synonym: fidēs boldness, courage Synonyms: spīritus, fortitūdō, virtūs, animus (law) deposit, pledge, mortgage Synonyms: vōtum, pignus ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “hucia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 410 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fiducia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 505 === Further reading === “fiducia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fiducia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fiducia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fiducia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “fiducia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fiducia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fiducia. Compare the obsolete doublet hucia, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiˈduθja/ [fiˈð̞u.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /fiˈdusja/ [fiˈð̞u.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -usja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: fi‧du‧cia === Noun === fiducia f (plural fiducias) (financial) trust === Further reading === “fiducia”, 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