English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Confidant Pronunciation
Confidant is pronounced KAHN-fuh-dahnt, IPA /ˈkɑnfəˌdɑnt/.
KAHN-fuh-dahnt
US /ˈkɑnfəˌdɑnt/ · UK /ˈkɒnfɪˌdænt/
Syllables: KAHN · fuh · dahnt (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person you trust with your private affairs.
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Confidant in a Sentence
- The chancellor was his closest confidant for a decade.
- Every rumour went straight to the same confidant.
- She has no confidant at work and prefers it that way.
Common Mispronunciations of Confidant
Not KAHN-fuh-duhnt
A full open vowel in the last beat is what marks this noun off from confident. Say dahnt, not duhnt.
Not kuhn-FY-dahnt
Confide has a long eye and its beat in the middle, and neither of those survives in the noun built from it.
Tip: American dictionaries give the last beat the ah of father, and British ones the flat a of cat.
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