Wiktionary

confuse

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Back formation from Middle English confused ("frustrated, ruined"), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundō.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

confuse (third-person singular simple present confuses, present participle confusing, simple past and past participle confused)

  1. (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody).
  2. (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
    People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
  3. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
  4. (transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
  6. (intransitive) To be confused.

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Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

to rout — see rout
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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • confuse at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • confuse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.


FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fyz/
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AdjectiveEdit

confuse

  1. feminine singular of confus

ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

confuse f pl

  1. feminine plural of confuso

AdjectiveEdit

confuse f pl

  1. feminine plural of confuso

VerbEdit

confuse

  1. third-person singular past historic of confondere

LatinEdit

ParticipleEdit

cōnfūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of cōnfūsus

ReferencesEdit

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