• IPA: /əˈplʌm/, /əˈplɒm/

aplomb (uncountable)

1. self-confidence; poise; composure.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855 ↗:

     “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!”

   His nonchalance and aplomb during hard times have always been his best character trait.

2. (ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
3. The perpendicular; perpendicularity.

• German: Souveränität, Aplomb
• Portuguese: autoconfiança, aplomb
• Russian: апло́мб
• Spanish: aplomo

• German: Aplomb
• Portuguese: aplomb
• Spanish: aplomo