confidant

n.

1. One to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed.
2. A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.

[French confident, from Italian confidente, from Latin cōnfīdēns, cōnfīdent-, present participle of cōnfīdere, to rely on. See confide.]

noun

1. One in whom secrets are confided: confessor, confidante, repository. See show/hide, words.
2. A person whom one knows well, likes, and trusts: amigo, brother, chum, confidante, familiar, friend, intimate, mate, pal. Informal bud, buddy. Slang sidekick. See love/hatred.

confidant (e), a minor or secondary character in a play (or other literary work), in whom the protagonist confides, revealing his or her state of mind in dialogue rather than in soliloquies. Commonly the trusted servant of the leading lady in drama has the role of confidante: Charmian, for example, in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. See also ficelle, soubrette.

IN BRIEF: n. - Someone to whom private matters are told.

Tutor's tip: She was "confident" (sure of oneself or of something) that her "confidant" (one with whom secrets are shared) would not blab.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fortrolig, ven

Nederlands (Dutch)
vertrouweling

Français (French)
n. - confident

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vertrauter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ο) εξ απορρήτων, μυστικοσύμβουλος

Italiano (Italian)
confidente, persona di fiducia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confidente (m)

Русский (Russian)
доверенное лицо, наперсник

Español (Spanish)
n. - confidente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förtrogen (man)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
心腹朋友, 知己

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 心腹朋友, 知己

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 믿을만한 사람, 절친한 친구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 親友

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مؤتمن أسرار شخصيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איש סוד, ידיד נאמן‬

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