English-Thai Dictionary

confidant

N เพื่อน ที่ ไว้วางใจ  คนที่ เชื่อใจได้  confidante intimate puean-ti-wai-wang-jai

 

confidante

N คนสนิท ที่ ไว้วางใจ ที่ เป็น ผู้หญิง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFIDANT

n.[See Confident. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFIDANT; CONFIDANTE

CONFIDANT; CONFIDANTE Con `fi *dant "; 277 ), n. masc. , Con `fi *dante ", n. fem. Etym: [F.confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and cf. Confident. ]

 

Defn: One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confidant

con fi dant |ˈkänfəˌdant, -ˌdänt ˈkɑnfədænt | ▶noun ( fem. confidante pronunc. same ) a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: alteration of confident (as a noun in the same sense in the early 17th cent. ), probably to represent the pronunciation of French confidente ‘having full trust. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

confidant

confidant |ˈkɒnfɪdant, ˌkɒnfɪˈdant, -dɑːnt | ▶noun ( fem. confidante pronunc. same ) a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: alteration of confident (as a noun in the same sense in the early 17th cent. ), probably to represent the pronunciation of French confidente ‘having full trust ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confidant (fem. confidante)

confidant (fem. confidante ) noun he was her business adviser and confidant: close friend, bosom friend, best friend; intimate; informal buddy, chum, pal, crony.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confidant, confidante

confidant, confidante noun he was her confidant and business adviser: close friend, bosom friend, best friend, close associate, companion, crony, intimate, familiar, second self; mentor, adviser, counsellor; Latin alter ego; Italian consigliere; informal chum, pal, buddy, main man; Brit. informal mate, oppo, mucker; rare fidus Achates.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confidant

con fi dant /kɑ́nfɪdæ̀nt |kɔ́n -, -̀--́ /名詞 C (何でも打ち明けられる )親友, 腹心の友 .

 

confidante

con fi dante /kɑ́nfɪdæ̀nt |kɔ́n -, -̀--́ /名詞 C confidantの女性形 .