"confabulate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: confabulates [present, singular, third-person], confabulating [participle, present], confabulated [participle, past], confabulated [past]
Etymology: Latin cōnfābulārī + -ate. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{suf|en|cōnfābulārī|ate|lang1=la}} Latin cōnfābulārī + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)
  1. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: confab
    Sense id: en-confabulate-en-verb-Ibmr2bOV
  2. (intransitive) To confer. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-confabulate-en-verb-4MGE03dI
  3. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory): confabuler (French), konfabulieren (German), konfabulere (Norwegian), confabular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-confabulate-en-verb-VdsWBhw- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 3 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 26 8 66 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of "to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory": 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: confab [verb] Related terms: confable [obsolete, rare], confabular, confabulation, confabulative, confabulator, confabulatory

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} confabulate
  1. inflection of confabulare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-confabulate-it-verb-WiqEXVIp Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of confabulare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-confabulate-it-verb-psf5nSwX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} confabulate f pl
  1. feminine plural of confabulato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: confabulato
    Sense id: en-confabulate-it-verb-M~Z9gN2x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: cōnfābulāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=cōnfābulāte}} cōnfābulāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of cōnfābulātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: cōnfābulātus
    Sense id: en-confabulate-la-verb-hw51Wp2O Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} confabulate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of confabularse Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: confabularse
    Sense id: en-confabulate-es-verb-rNuxxTXx Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "word": "confabulate"
}

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        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "confabularse"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of confabularse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confabularse",
          "confabularse#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "confabulate"
}

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