confident
adjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈkɒnfɪdənt//
- Royaume-Uni/[ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt]/
- Royaume-Uni/[-dn̩t]/
- États-Unis//ˈkɑnfɪdənt//
- États-Unis/[ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt]/
Very sure of something; positive.
adjectif
- 1
Very sure of something; positive.
I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
He was confident of success.
- 2
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
- 3
obsolèteForward, impudent.
I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.
Étymologie
From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.
nom
- 1
Variante de confidantobsolèteObsolete form of confidant.
He managed this consultation with exceeding secrecy, admitting only four or five of his confidents, on whom he most relied
a certain Lawyer , a great Confident of the Rebels
Formes
- pluriel
- confidents
- comparatif
- more confident
- superlatif
- most confident