confirmation

confirmation

See also: confirmâtion

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɑɱ.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɒɱ.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation US: con‧fir‧ma‧tion, UK: con‧firm‧a‧tion

Noun

confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations)

1. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

   We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.

2. 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!

3. 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.

4. (law) An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.

Derived terms

• confirmation bias
• confirmation name
• gender confirmation surgery

 

Related terms

• confirm
• confirmational

Translations

indicator

Arabic: تَأْكِيد‎ m (taʾkīd) 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 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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Irish: (please verify) cinntiú m Latin: (please verify) confirmatiō f Swedish: (1,2) (please verify) bekräftelse (sv) c, (3) (please verify) konfirmation (sv) c

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French

Etymology

From Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

confirmation f (plural confirmations)

1. confirmation (all senses)

Further reading

• “confirmation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Noun

confirmation (plural confirmationes)

1. confirmation, verification

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Middle English

Noun

confirmation

1. Alternative form of confirmacioun