Confabulation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an informal conversation

(psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊntɚɹɪfˌɪʃənsi/

🇬🇧British English

/kənfˌabjʊlˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kənfˌabjʊlˈeɪʃən/

5 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊntɚɹɪfˌɪʃənsi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

schmoose schmooze confab chat

Word Forms

chatty	adjective	prone to friendly informal communication
chat	verb	talk socially without exchanging too much information
confab	verb	have a conference in order to talk something over
confabulate	verb	have a conference in order to talk something over

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Konfabulation

ein informelles Gespräch

🇪🇸Spanish

confabulación

una conversación informal

🇮🇹Italian

confabulazione

una conversazione informale

🇳🇱Dutch

verzinsel

een informeel gesprek

🇵🇹Portuguese

confabulação

uma conversa informal

🇷🇺Russian

болтовня

неофициальный разговор

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बातचीत

एक अनौपचारिक बातचीत

🇧🇩Bengali

বিভ্রান্তি

একটি অনানুষ্ঠানিক কথোপকথন

🇮🇳Tamil

குழப்பம்

ஒரு முறைசாரா உரையாடல்

🇮🇳Telugu

గందరగోళం

ఒక అనధికారిక సంభాషణ

🇮🇳Marathi

गोंधळ

अनौपचारिक संभाषण

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગૂંચવણ

અનૌપચારિક વાતચીત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೊಂದಲ

ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആശയക്കുഴപ്പം

ഒരു അനൗപചാരിക സംഭാഷണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਲਪਨਾ

ਇੱਕ ਗੈਰ ਰਸਮੀ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

گڑبڑ

ایک غیر رسمی گفتگو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

闲谈

非正式的谈话

🇯🇵Japanese

作話

カジュアルな会話

🇰🇷Korean

간담

비공식 대화

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nhầm lẫn

một cuộc trò chuyện không chính thức

🇹🇭Thai

การพบปะสังสรรค์

การสนทนาอย่างไม่เป็นทางการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

perundingan

percakapan informal

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkukunwari

isang impormal na pag-uusap

🇲🇾Malay

konbulasi

perbualan tidak formal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تسامر

محادثة غير رسمية

🇹🇷Turkish

dedikodu

gayri resmi bir konuşma

🇮🇱Hebrew

התעסקות

שיחה לא רשמית

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