Meaning

3 senses
  1. Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.

    The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.

    vertraulich

    конфиденциа́льныйkonfidenciálʹnyj, та́йныйtájnyj, довери́тельныйdoverítelʹnyj

    конфіденці́йнийkonfidencíjnyj

  2. (dated)Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.

    Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip.

  3. (dated)Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.

    a confidential agent

    a confidential servant

More definitions
  • the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
  • denoting confidence or intimacy
  • (of information) given in confidence or in secret
  • entrusted with private information and the confidence of another

Examples

40 sentences
  1. The details are confidential.

    Подробиці конфіденціальні. — deniko

  2. We need to keep this confidential.

    deDas muss unter uns bleiben. — al_ex_an_der

  3. I can see why it's confidential.

    ruЯ вижу, почему это конфиденциально. — odexed

  4. This information is confidential.

    ruЭта информация носит конфиденциальный характер. — odexed

    deDiese Information ist vertraulich. — samueldora

  5. This is extremely confidential.

    ruЭто крайне конфиденциально. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
meant to be kept secret within a certain circle:
Русский
By meaning 1
meant to be kept secret within a certain circle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
meant to be kept secret within a certain circle:

Origin

From Latin cōnfīdentia + English -al. Possibly a calque of French confidentiel. First atte

From Latin cōnfīdentia + English -al. Possibly a calque of French confidentiel. First attested in 1641.

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Forms

more confidential, most confidential
Comparativemore confidential Lesson
Superlativemost confidential Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of information) given in confidence or in secret:secret

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

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