la
feminine
/kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s/
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Translation
trust, confidence
Word origin
From Latin confidentia ('confidence, trust'), from confidere ('to trust fully'), from con- (intensive) and fidere ('to trust').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- confidentia
- English cognates
- confidence, confide, fidelity
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Examples
diriger .
He has my full trust to lead this project.
echec.
She has lacked confidence in herself since that failure.
construit .
Trust is built slowly and lost quickly.
- , .
Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
.
He lost his friends' trust for years.
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