LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

confābulātiō

confābulātiō f (genitive confābulātiōnis)
Classical[kõː.faː.bʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[koɱ.fa.buˈlat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a conversation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeconfābulātiōconfābulātiōnēs
genitiveconfābulātiōnisconfābulātiōnum
dativeconfābulātiōnīconfābulātiōnibus
accusativeconfābulātiōnemconfābulātiōnēs
ablativeconfābulātiōneconfābulātiōnibus
vocativeconfābulātiōconfābulātiōnēs

confābŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. confabulor,
I. a conversation, a discoursing together (eccl. Lat.), Symm. Ep. 9, 84; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 3 al.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin confābulātiō From cōnfābulor, cōnfābulārī (“to converse, to discuss”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Italianconfabulazione
  • GermanKonfabulation
  • Englishconfabulationfrom Middle English confabulacion
  • Romanianconfabulație
  • Spanishconfabulación
  • Polishkonfabulacja

In English words that came into English from confābulātiō

  • confabulationconfābulātiōnem

Quick answers

What does confābulātiō mean in Latin?
confābulātiō, a noun, means “a conversation”.
What is the genitive of confābulātiō?
The genitive singular is confābulātiōnis. confābulātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce confābulātiō?
In classical Latin, [kõː.faː.bʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱ.fa.buˈlat.t͡si.o].