Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Verb
- 1.3.1 Synonyms
- 1.3.2 Related terms
- 1.3.3 Translations
- 2 Italian
- 2.1 Verb
- 3 Latin
- 3.1 Verb
- 4 Piedmontese
- 4.1 Pronunciation
- 4.2 Verb
- 4.2.1 Related terms
English
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“I conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan.
Pronunciation
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- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈvɪns/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪns
Verb
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convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)
- To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.
1718, Francis Atterbury, sermon preached on Easter Day at Westminster Abbey:
Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
- To persuade.
- (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii], page 135:
[…] his two Chamberlaines / Will I with Wine, and Waſſell, ſo conuince, / That Memorie, the Warder of the Braine, / Shall be a Fume, […]
- (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Atheisme. XVI.”, in The Essayes[…], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 90:
And therfore, God neuer wrought Miracle, to conuince Atheiſme, becauſe his Ordinary Works conuince it.
- (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
1611, The Holy Bible,[…] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker,[…], →OCLC, John 8:46, column 1:
Which of you conuinceth mee of ſinne?
1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery.[…], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson,[…], →OCLC, Act II, page 18:
O ſeek not to convince me of a Crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor can you pardon.
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to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
- Arabic: أَقْنَعَ(ar) (ʔaqnaʕa)
- Armenian: համոզել(hy) (hamozel)
- Asturian: convencer
- Azerbaijani: inandırmaq(az)
- Basque: konbentzitu
- Belarusian: запэ́ўнівацьimpf (zapéŭnivacʹ), запэ́ўніцьpf (zapéŭnicʹ)
- Bulgarian: убеждавам(bg) (ubeždavam), убедя́pf (ubedjá)
- Catalan: convèncer(ca)
- Chinese:
- Czech: přesvědčit(cs)
- Danish: overbevise, overtale, overtyde
- Dutch: overtuigen(nl)
- Esperanto: konvinki
- Estonian: veenma(et)
- Finnish: vakuuttaa(fi)
- French: convaincre(fr), persuader(fr)
- Georgian: დარწმუნება (darc̣muneba)
- German: überzeugen(de)
- Greek: πείθω(el) (peítho)
- Ancient Greek: πείθω (peíthō)
- Hebrew: שכנע(he) (shikhnéa)
- Hungarian: meggyőz(hu)
- Icelandic: sannfæra(is)
- Italian: convincere(it)
- Japanese: 説得する(ja) (せっとくする, settoku-surú), 納得させる(ja) (nattoku-saseru), 自覚させる(ja) (jikaku-saseru)
- Khmer: ប្រលោម(km) (prɑlaom), អន្ទង(km) (ɑntɔɔŋ), បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល (bɑɲcoh bɑɲcool)
- Korean: 납득시키다 (napdeuksikida), 확신시키다 (hwaksinsikida), 설득하다(ko) (seoldeukhada)
- Latin: persuadere, (to have oneself convinced) sibi persuasum habere, convinco
- Latvian: pārliecināt
- Macedonian: убедуваimpf (ubeduva), убедиpf (ubedi)
- Maltese: ikkonvinċa
- Maori: whakapakepake, whakakīkī, whakawhere
- Mongolian: итгүүлэх (itgüülex), үнэмшүүлэх (ünemšüülex)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: overbevise(no)
- Old English: oferreccan, oferstǣlan
- Polish: przekonywać(pl)impf, przekonać(pl)pf
- Portuguese: convencer(pt)
- Romanian: convinge(ro)
- Romansch: cunventscher, conventscher, persvader, parschuader
- Russian: убежда́ть(ru)impf (ubeždátʹ), убеди́ть(ru)pf (ubedítʹ)
- Sardinian: cumbínchere, cumbinci, cumbínghere, cunvinci, cunvínciri
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: cunvìnciri(scn), cummìnciri(scn)
- Slovak: presvedčiťpf
- Slovene: prepríčati
- Spanish: convencer(es)
- Swedish: övertyga(sv)
- Telugu: నమ్మించు(te) (nammiñcu), ఒప్పించు(te) (oppiñcu)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: ikna etmek(tr)
- Ukrainian: переко́нуватиimpf (perekónuvaty), перекона́тиpf (perekonáty)
- Venetian: convinçer, convinser, convinçar
- Vietnamese: thuyết phục(vi)
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Verb
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convince
- to convince
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