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{{also|Aplomb}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|en|fr|aplomb}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈplʌm/|/əˈplɒm/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-aplomb.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌm|ɒm|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-|s}}

# [[self-confidence|Self-confidence]]; [[poise]]; [[composure]].
#: {{ux|en|His nonchalance and '''aplomb''' during hard times have always been his best character trait.}}
#* {{RQ:Wodehouse Jeeves in the Offing|chapter=XV|passage=“Oh, Wooster,” he said, “I was talking to my mother a night or two ago.” “Oh, yes?” I said, with a slight wave of the hand intended to indicate that if he liked to talk to his mother anywhere, all over the house, he had my approval. “She tells me you are interested in mice.” I didn't like the trend the conversation was taking, but I preserved my '''aplomb'''. “Why, yes, fairly interested.” “She says she found you trying to catch one in my bedroom!”}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1961|author=Richard Bellman|title=Adaptive Control Processes: A Guided Tour|page=197|publisher=Princeton University Press
|passage=We can handle functions of a few variables with some '''aplomb''' and view sets of quantities totalling IO6 or IO7 with sangfroid.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2000|author=Elizabeth Berg|title=Range of Motion|passage=They have a seven-year-old son named Timothy, never called Timmy or Tim; a little scrawny guy who wears thick glasses already, and who tucks his striped T-shirts into his pants with the '''aplomb''' of a silver-templed CEO.}}
#* {{quote-web|en
|date=September 24, 2011
|author=Ben Dirs
|title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania
|work=BBC Sport
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/14812577.stm
|page=
|passage=Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson put his below-par performance against Argentina behind him with a fine first-half showing, slotting four kicks from six and controlling his back-line with '''aplomb''', while England's three-quarters were brimming with life and clinical with their execution.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022 December 14|author=Robin Leleux|title=A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Sudbury Hill|journal=RAIL|issue=972|page=57|text=Installing lift shafts in station buildings which were not originally designed to accommodate them can be a fraught exercise, but a necessary one if the legitimate aspiration of the travelling public for step-free access is to be achieved. At Sudbury Hill, on London Underground's Piccadilly Line extension out to the north-western suburbs, Transport for London has achieved this with '''aplomb'''.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|date=July 5 2023|author=Murtada Elfadl|title=''Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One'' review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again|work=AV Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-review-1850594905|text=But Cruise remains the main attraction. He carries the film with '''aplomb''' and invests the action with enough familiarity from the previous films that fans will be more than happy.}}
# {{lb|en|ballet}} The apparent [[elegance]] and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
# The [[perpendicular]]; [[perpendicularity]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|self-confidence}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|sebedůvěra|f}}, {{t+|cs|suverenita|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|itseluottamus}}, {{t+|fi|varmuus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Souveränität|f}}, {{t+|de|Aplomb|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|ביטחון עצמי|m|tr=bitakhón atzmí}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hidegvér}}, {{t+|hu|higgadtság}}, {{t+|hu|magabiztosság}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|autoconfiança|f}}, {{t|pt|aplomb|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|апло́мб|m}}, {{t+|ru|самоуве́ренность|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|aplomb}}, {{t+|sh|samopouzdanje}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aplomo|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|özgüven}}, {{t+|tr|tutarlılık}}
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{{trans-top|ballet}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|esiintymisvarmuus}}, {{t|fi|suoritusvarmuus}}, {{t+|fi|varmuus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Aplomb|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|aplomb|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aplomo|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

==French==

===Etymology===
From {{m|fr|[[fil]] [[à]] [[plomb]]||plumb line}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-aplomb.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[vertical]] line, as measured with a [[plumb line]]
#: {{uxi|fr|Bien prendre l’'''aplomb'''.|To take well the '''plumb-line'''.}}
# {{lb|fr|by extension}} [[stability]], [[equilibrium]], [[uprightness]], [[plumb]]
#: {{ux|fr|Ce mur tient bien son '''aplomb''', a perdu son '''aplomb'''.|This wall holds its '''plumb''' / has lost its '''plumb'''.}}
# {{lb|fr|figurative}} {{l|en|aplomb}}, [[self-confidence]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ca|aplom|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|aplomb|bor=1}}
* {{desc|eo|aplombo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Aplomb|bor=1}}
* {{desc|it|aplomb|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|aplomb|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|ru|апломб|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|fr|aplomb}}.

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{l|en|aplomb}}, [[self-confidence]], [[poise]]

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|fr|aplomb}}.

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|-|pl2=#s}}

# {{l|en|aplomb}}; [[self-confidence]]
#: {{syn|pt|autoconfiança|segurança}}
# {{lb|pt|ballet}} {{l|en|aplomb}} {{gloss|elegance and precision exhibited by a dancer}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|aplomb}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|-}}

# {{l|en|aplomb}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n|n=sg}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|sv|fr|aplomb}}.

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{lb|sv|rare}} {{l|en|aplomb}}

====Declension====
{{sv-noun-unc-irreg-c|2=aplomben}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}