credence

crédit, foi

Confiance dans la vérité d’une affirmation ou d’une idée.

En anglais simple : Belief that a claim or idea is true.

• Few people gave the story credence.
• The photographs lent credence to his account.
• Does this theory deserve any credence?

Comment l'utiliser : give credence to something (I give little credence to those rumours.); lend credence to something (The new evidence lends credence to her claim.)

Synonymes : belief, trust

Contraires : disbelief

Expressions courantes : give credence to, lend credence to, gain credence

crédence

Petite table d’une église où l’on pose les objets utilisés pendant un office religieux.

En anglais simple : A small table in a church for holding things used during a religious service.

• The chalice stood on the credence.
• She covered the credence with white linen.
• The priest took a vessel from the credence beside the altar.

Synonymes : credence table

Expressions courantes : credence table, altar credence

crédence, buffet

Meuble ou table à étagères servant à exposer de la vaisselle et des récipients à boire précieux.

En anglais simple : A cupboard or table with shelves for displaying valuable dishes and drinking vessels.

• Silver cups filled the credence.
• An oak credence stood against the dining room wall.
• The antique credence displayed the family’s finest plates.

Synonymes : sideboard, cabinet, credenza

Expressions courantes : carved credence, oak credence

degré de croyance, probabilité subjective

Nombre exprimant à quel point une personne estime qu’une affirmation a des chances d’être vraie.

En anglais simple : A number expressing how likely someone thinks a statement is to be true.

• My credence in that claim is low.
• She assigned a credence of 0.7 to the hypothesis.
• New evidence changed their credences in several competing theories.

Comment l'utiliser : credence in something (Her credence in the claim rose to eighty percent.)

Synonymes : subjective probability, degree of belief

Expressions courantes : credence in something, assign a credence