confirmation

See also: confirmâtion

EnglishEdit

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confirmation (disambiguation)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, noun of process from cōnfirmātus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of cōnfirmāre, from con- (“with”) + firmāre (“to firm or strengthen”).

Morphologically confirm +‎ -ation.

PronunciationEdit

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɑɱ.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɒɱ.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation US: con‧fir‧ma‧tion, UK: con‧firm‧a‧tion

NounEdit

confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations)

An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.
A verification that something is true or has happened.
The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.
- 1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian:
  They declare ringing confirmation for their theories even in the face of feeble data.
- 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
  The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
- 1977, Billy Joel (music), “Only the Good Die Young”, in The Stranger:
  You got a nice white dress / and a party on your confirmation. / You've got a brand new soul, / mm, and a cross of gold.
(law) An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.

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TranslationsEdit

indicator

Arabic: تَأْكِيد‎ m (taʔkīd)
Belarusian: пацвярджэ́нне n (pacvjardžénnje)
Bulgarian: потвържде́ние (bg) n (potvǎrždénie)
Catalan: confirmació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 確認／确认 (zh) (quèrèn)
Czech: potvrzení (cs) n
Danish: bekræftelse c
Dutch: bevestiging (nl) f
Estonian: kinnitus
Finnish: vahvistus (fi)
French: confirmation (fr) f
German: Bestätigung (de) f
Greek: επιβεβαίωση (el) f (epivevaíosi)
Ancient Greek: βεβαίωσις f (bebaíōsis)
Hebrew: אִשּׁוּר \ אישור‎ (he) m (ishúr)
Hungarian: visszaigazolás
Italian: conferma (it) f
Japanese: 確認 (ja) (かくにん, kakunin), コンファーム (konfāmu)
Korean: 확인(確認) (ko) (hwagin), 컨펌 (keonpeom)
Latvian: apstiprinājums m
Lithuanian: patvirtinimas m
Macedonian: потврда f (potvrda)
Middle English: confirmacioun
Norman: confirmâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bekreftelse m
Polish: potwierdzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: confirmação (pt) f
Romanian: confirmare (ro) f
Russian: подтвержде́ние (ru) n (podtverždénije)
Scottish Gaelic: daingneachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏тврда f

Roman: pȍtvrda (sh) f
Slovak: potrvdenie n
Slovene: potrditev f
Spanish: confirmación (es) f
Swedish: bekräftelse (sv) c, konfirmation (sv) c (formal)
Tagalog: patotoo, patutoo
Ukrainian: підтве́рдження n (pidtvérdžennja)
Uzbek: tasdiqlash (uz)
Vietnamese: sự xác nhận (vi)

verification

Belarusian: пацвярджэ́нне n (pacvjardžénnje)
Bulgarian: потвържде́ние (bg) n (potvǎrždénie)
Catalan: confirmació f
Czech: potvrzení (cs) n
Dutch: bevestiging (nl) f
Estonian: kinnitus
Finnish: vahvistus (fi)
French: confirmation (fr) f, vérification (fr) f
German: Bestätigung (de) f
Hebrew: אִשּׁוּר \ אישור‎ (he) m (ishúr)
Hungarian: megerősítés (hu)
Indonesian: konfirmasi (id)
Irish: diongbháil f
Italian: conferma (it) f, verifica (it) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: apstiprinājums m
Malay: pengesahan
Middle English: confirmacioun
Norman: confirmâtion f
Persian: تایید‎ (fa) (ta'yid)
Polish: potwierdzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: confirmação (pt) f
Romanian: confirmare (ro) f
Russian: подтвержде́ние (ru) n (podtverždénije)
Scottish Gaelic: daingneachadh m
Spanish: confirmación (es) f
Swedish: bekräftelse (sv) c, konfirmation (sv) c (formal)
Tagalog: patotoo, patutoo
Ukrainian: підтве́рдження n (pidtvérdžennja)

Christian ceremony or sacrament

Belarusian: канфірма́цыя f (kanfirmácyja), мірапама́занне n (mirapamázannje)
Bulgarian: конфирма́ция f (konfirmácija)
Catalan: confirmació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 堅信禮／坚信礼 (zh) (jiānxìnlǐ)
Czech: biřmování (cs) n
Danish: konfirmation (da) c
Dutch: vormsel (nl) n, confirmatie (nl) f
Esperanto: konfirmacio
Finnish: konfirmaatio (fi)
French: confirmation (fr) f
German: Firmung (de) f (Catholic), Konfirmation (de) f (Protestant)
Hungarian: bérmálás (hu) (Catholic), konfirmáció (Protestant)
Icelandic: ferming (is) f
Indonesian: krisma (id), penguatan (id)
Irish: cóineartú m
Italian: cresima (it) f
Japanese: 堅信 (ja) (けんしん, kenshin), 堅信礼 (けんしんれい, kenshinrei)
Korean: 견신(堅信) (gyeonsin), 견신례(堅信禮) (gyeonsillye)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کۆنفیرماسیۆن‎ (konfîrmasyon)
Low German:
German Low German: Konfirmatschoon f
Malay: penguatan (Catholic), penetapan (Anglican)
Maori: karakia whakaū, whakaūnga
Middle English: confermement, confermynge, confirmacioun
Norman: confirmâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: konfirmasjon m

Nynorsk: konfirmasjon m
Polish: bierzmowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: crisma (pt) f, confirmação (pt) f
Romanian: confirmare (ro) f
Russian: конфирма́ция (ru) f (konfirmácija), миропома́зание (ru) n (miropomázanije)
Slovak: birmovanie n (Catholic) , birmovka f (Catholic), konfirmácia f (Lutheran)
Spanish: confirmación (es) f
Swedish: konfirmation (sv) c
Tagalog: kumpil, pagkukumpil
Ukrainian: конфірма́ція f (konfirmácija), миропома́зання n (myropomázannja)
Welsh: bedydd esgob m

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