aplomb
See also: Aplomb
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈplʌm/, /əˈplɒm/
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Noun
aplomb (usually uncountable, plural aplombs)
- self-confidence; poise; composure.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
- “Oh, Wooster,” he said, “I was talking to my mother a night or two ago.” “Oh, yes?” I said, with a slight wave of the hand intended to indicate that if he liked to talk to his mother anywhere, all over the house, he had my approval. “She tells me you are interested in mice.” I didn't like the trend the conversation was taking, but I preserved my aplomb. “Why, yes, fairly interested.” “She says she found you trying to catch one in my bedroom!”
- 2000, Elizabeth Berg, Range of Motion
- They have a seven-year-old son named Timothy, never called Timmy or Tim; a little scrawny guy who wears thick glasses already, and who tucks his striped T-shirts into his pants with the aplomb of a silver-templed CEO.
- 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
- Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson put his below-par performance against Argentina behind him with a fine first-half showing, slotting four kicks from six and controlling his back-line with aplomb, while England's three-quarters were brimming with life and clinical with their execution.
- His nonchalance and aplomb during hard times have always been his best character trait.
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- (ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
- The perpendicular; perpendicularity.
Translations
self-confidence
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.plɔ̃/
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Noun
aplomb m (plural aplombs)
- vertical line, as measured with a plumb line
- Bien prendre l’aplomb.
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- (by extension) stability, equilibrium, uprightness
- Ce mur tient bien son aplomb, a perdu son aplomb.
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- (figuratively) self-confidence; aplomb
Italian
Portuguese
Noun
aplomb m (usually uncountable, plural aplombs)
- aplomb; self-confidence
- (ballet) aplomb (elegance and precision exhibited by a dancer)
Synonyms
- (self-confidence): autoconfiança, segurança
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