confident

kɔ̃fidɑ̃

Definition

Definition of confident - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

ami intimepersonne à qui on confie ses secrets les plus intimes

Pierre est mon confident, je lui raconte tout.

ami proche

théâtrepersonnage secondaire de théâtre qui reçoit les confidences du héros

Le confident écoute les tourments du prince dans cette tragédie.

second rôle

meuble

Dated

siège double en forme de S pour deux personnes face à face

Dated

Elles discutent assises sur le confident du salon.

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Origin of confident

latin, confidentem (celui qui confie)

Examples of confident in a sentence

Mon confident garde toujours mes secrets, même les plus embarrassants.
Le confident conseille discrètement l’héroïne dans l’acte II.
Un confident loyal soutient toujours le protagoniste dans ses choix.
Le confident trône au centre du boudoir ancien.
Ils ont acheté un confident pour leur bibliothèque.

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English:confidant, courting bench, ...
German:Vertrauter, Vertraute, ...
Italian:confidente, confident, ...
Spanish:confidente, sofá confidente, ...
Portuguese:confidente, ...
Chinese:知己, 知己角色, ...
Japanese:親友, 信頼できる相談相手, ...
Arabic:الصديق الحميم, مُؤتَمَن, ...
Hebrew:בְּטַחַת, חָבֵר סוֹד, ...
Russian:доверенное лицо, двойное кресло, ...
Ukrainian:довірена особа, конфідент, ...
Catalan:confident, banc confident, ...
Danish:fortrolig, betroet, ...
Dutch:vertrouwenspersoon, confidant, ...
Greek:έμπιστος, σύμβουλος του ήρωα, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សស្និទ្ធចិត្ត, តួអង្គរងដែលតួឯកទុកចិត្តឱ្យស្តាប់រឿងសម្ងាត់, ...
Korean:절친, 신뢰받는 조연, ...
Polish:powiernik, sofa w kształcie S, ...
Portuguese (BR):confidente, banco de casal, ...
Romanian:confident, personaj de încredere, ...
Swedish:förtrogen, soffa tête-à-tête, ...
Thai:เพื่อนสนิท, ตัวรับฟัง, ...
Turkish:sırdaş, sırdaşı, ...
Vietnamese:người tâm giao, người tâm phúc, ...

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confidence sur l'oreiller

confidences sur l'oreiller

confidente

confidentialiser

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