English-Thai Dictionary

confab

N การคุย  chat confabulation kan-kui

 

confabulate

VI คุย  พูดคุย  chat chatter kui

 

confabulation

N การ พูดคุย  chat confab kan-pud-kui

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFABULATE

v.i.[L., to tell. See Fable. ] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. If birds confabulate or no. [Little used. ]

 

CONFABULATION

n.[L.] Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. [Not an elegant word, and little used. ]

 

CONFABULATORY

a.Belonging to familiar talk. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFAB

Con "fab, n. Etym: [Contr. from confabulation. ]

 

Defn: Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq. ]

 

CONFABULATE

Con *fab "u *late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Confabulating.] Etym: [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable. ]

 

Defn: To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Cowper.

 

CONFABULATION

Con *fab `u *la "tion, n. Etym: [L. confabulatio.]

 

Defn: Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton.

 

CONFABULATORY

CONFABULATORY Con *fab "u *la *to *ry, a.

 

Defn: Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue. Weever.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confab

con fab informal ▶noun |ˈkänˌfab, kənˈfab ˈkɑnfæb |an informal private conversation or discussion: they wandered off to the woods for a private confab. • a meeting or conference of members of a particular group: this year's annual American Booksellers Association confab. ▶verb |kənˈfab, ˈkänˌfab ˈkɑːnfæb kənˈfæb | ( confabs, confabbing, confabbed ) [ no obj. ] engage in informal private conversation: Peter was confabbing with a curly-haired guy. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: abbreviation of confabulation (see confabulate ).

 

confabulate

con fab u late |kənˈfabyəˌlāt kənˈfæbjəleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 formal engage in conversation; talk: she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone. 2 Psychiatry fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory. DERIVATIVES con fab u la tion |-ˌfabyəˈlāSHən |noun, con fab u la to ry |-ləˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together, ’ from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together ’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

confab

confab |ˈkɒnfab | informal ▶noun an informal private conversation or discussion. • N. Amer. a meeting or conference of members of a particular group. ▶verb ( confabs, confabbing, confabbed ) [ no obj. ] engage in informal private conversation: Peter was confabbing with a curly-haired guy. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: abbreviation of confabulation (see confabulate ).

 

confabulate

confabulate |kənˈfabjʊleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 formal engage in conversation; talk: she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone. 2 Psychiatry fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory. DERIVATIVES confabulation noun, confabulatory adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together ’, from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together ’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable ’).

 

Spanish Dictionary

confabulación

confabulación nombre femenino Acuerdo secreto contra alguien o algo :cree que hay una confabulación para que no salga elegida la candidatura del nuevo director .SINÓNIMO complot .

 

confabularse

confabularse verbo pronominal Ponerse de acuerdo [dos o más personas ] contra alguien o algo :delincuente y policía se confabulan en complicidad prevaricadora .SINÓNIMO conchabarse .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del latín confabulari, derivado de fabulari ‘conversar ’. De la familia etimológica de hablar (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confab

con fab /kɑ́nfæb |kɔ́n -/名詞 ｟話 ｠＝confabulation .動詞 /kənfǽb /～s ; ～bed ; ～bing ＝confabulate .

 

confabulate

con fab u late /kənfǽbjəlèɪt /動詞 自動詞 1 «…と » 談笑する, 会談する «with » .2 〘心 〙作話する .

 

confabulation

con f à b u l á tion 名詞 U C 1 談笑, 会談 .2 〘心 〙作話 (症 ).