"affidavit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/, /-ævɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-affidavit.wav Forms: affidavits [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvɪt, (Philippines) -ævɪt Etymology: From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{der|en|ML.|affidavit||he has sworn}} Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), {{m|la|affido||swear}} affido (“swear”), {{m|la|fīdō}} fīdō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-||to command, to persuade, to trust}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”), {{m|en|fidelity}} fidelity, {{m|en|faith}} faith, {{m|en|affirm}} affirm, {{m|la|ad-}} ad- Head templates: {{en-noun}} affidavit (plural affidavits)
  1. (law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: affidavit man, evidentiary abuse affidavit Translations (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement): afidàvit [masculine] (Catalan), 宣誓書 (Chinese Mandarin), 宣誓书 (xuānshìshū) (Chinese Mandarin), čestné prohlášení [neuter] (Czech), affidavit [neuter] (Dutch), beëdigde verklaring [feminine] (Dutch), afidavito (Esperanto), valaehtoinen kirjallinen todistus (Finnish), affidavit (French), attestation sur l’honneur [feminine] (French), despoemento [masculine] (Galician), afirmamento [masculine] (Galician), eidesstattliche Versicherung [feminine] (German), eidesstattliche Erklärung [feminine] (German), Versicherung an Eides statt [feminine] (German), ένορκη γραπτή κατάθεση (énorki graptí katáthesi) [feminine] (Greek), תצהיר (tatzhir) [masculine] (Hebrew), हलफ़नामा (halafnāmā) [masculine] (Hindi), eskü alatt tett írásbeli nyilatkozat (Hungarian), eskünyilatkozat (Hungarian), eiðsvarin yfirlýsing [feminine] (Icelandic), skrifleg yfirlýsing [feminine] (Icelandic), eiðfest yfirlýsing [feminine] (Icelandic), dokumen sah (Indonesian), 宣誓供述書 (sensei kyōjutsusho) (alt: せんせいきょうじゅつしょ) (Japanese), 供述書 (kyōjutsusho) (alt: きょうじゅつしょ) (Japanese), аффидевит (affidevit) (Kazakh), 선서진술서 (seonseojinsulseo) (Korean), afidavit (Malay), സത്യവാങ്മൂലം (satyavāṅmūlaṁ) (Malayalam), affidavit [masculine] (Polish), affidavit [masculine] (Portuguese), afidavit [neuter] (Romanian), аффиде́вит (affidɛ́vit) [masculine] (Russian), аффидави́т (affidavít) [masculine] (Russian), пи́сьменное показа́ние под прися́гой (písʹmennoje pokazánije pod prisjágoj) [neuter] (Russian), දිවුරුම් පත (diwurum pata) (Sinhalese), දිවුරුම් පෙත්සම (diwurum petsama) [neuter] (Sinhalese), declaración jurada [feminine] (Spanish), affidávit [masculine] (Spanish), afidávit [masculine] (Spanish)

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.fi.da.vit/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-affidavit.wav Forms: affidavits [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} affidavit m (plural affidavits)
  1. affidavit Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-affidavit-fr-noun-WssxlMND Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

IPA: /af.fiːˈdaː.u̯it/ [Classical], [äfːiːˈd̪äːu̯ɪt̪] [Classical], /af.fiˈda.vit/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äfːiˈd̪äːvit̪] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: affīdāvit [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=affīdāvit}} affīdāvit
  1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of affīdō (“to swear”) Tags: active, form-of, indicative, perfect, singular, third-person Form of: affīdō (extra: to swear)
    Sense id: en-affidavit-la-verb-vOL5vxSZ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: affidavits [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} affidavit m (plural affidavits)
  1. (law) affidavit (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-affidavit-pt-noun-dt97RId7 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

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          "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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          "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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          "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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          "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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          "word": "declaración jurada"
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      "ipa": "/af.fiˈda.vit/",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afidàvit"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "宣誓書"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuānshìshū",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "宣誓书"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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      ],
      "word": "beëdigde verklaring"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "afidavito"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "valaehtoinen kirjallinen todistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "affidavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "attestation sur l’honneur"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "despoemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afirmamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eidesstattliche Versicherung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eidesstattliche Erklärung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Versicherung an Eides statt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "énorki graptí katáthesi",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ένορκη γραπτή κατάθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tatzhir",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eiðsvarin yfirlýsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "dokumen sah"
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    {
      "alt": "せんせいきょうじゅつしょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sensei kyōjutsusho",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "宣誓供述書"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうじゅつしょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōjutsusho",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "供述書"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "affidevit",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "аффидевит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonseojinsulseo",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "선서진술서"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "afidavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "satyavāṅmūlaṁ",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "സത്യവാങ്മൂലം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affidavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affidavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "afidavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "affidɛ́vit",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аффиде́вит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "affidavít",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аффидави́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "písʹmennoje pokazánije pod prisjágoj",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пи́сьменное показа́ние под прися́гой"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "diwurum pata",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "word": "දිවුරුම් පත"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "diwurum petsama",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "දිවුරුම් පෙත්සම"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "declaración jurada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afidávit"
    }
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}

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      "ipa": "[äfːiːˈd̪äːu̯ɪt̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/af.fiˈda.vit/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
      "ipa": "[äfːiˈd̪äːvit̪]",
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