fealty

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• /ˈfiː.əlti/
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• /ˈfiːlti/
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• rhymes with -iəlti
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• CMU ARPABET: F IY1 AH0 L T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English feaute, feute, from Anglo-Norman fëauté, fëuté, from Latin fidēlitās (“faithfulness”; “homage, fealty” in Medieval Latin), from fidēlis (“faithful”) + -tās (noun suffix); the modern form (for expected *feauty /ˈfjuːti/) is due to learned influence. Equivalent to obsolete feal + -ty. Doublet of fidelity.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: васална вярност (vasalna vjarnost) — fidelity to one's lord
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠順 /忠顺 (zhōngshùn) — fidelity to one's lord
• Czech: věrnost (panovníkovi) — fidelity to one's lord
• Danish: troskab — fidelity to one's lord
• Dutch: trouw — fidelity to one's lord
• Dutch: vazallen eed — fidelity to one's lord
• Finnish: vasallin uskollisuus — fidelity to one's lord
• French: fidélité — fidelity to one's lord
• French: loyauté — fidelity to one's lord
• French: allégeance — fidelity to one's lord
• German: Treue — fidelity to one's lord
• German: Lehnstreue — fidelity to one's lord
• Hindi: निष्ठा (niṣṭhā) — fidelity to one's lord
• Hindi: स्वामिभक्ति (svāmibhakti) — fidelity to one's lord
• Hindi: इत्ताअत (ittāat) — fidelity to one's lord
• Hindi: वफ़ादारी (vafādārī) — fidelity to one's lord
• Hungarian: hűség — fidelity to one's lord
• Hungarian: hűbéresség — fidelity to one's lord
• Macedonian: поданство (podanstvo) — fidelity to one's lord
• Marathi: निष्ठा (niṣṭhā) — fidelity to one's lord
• Marathi: स्वामिभक्ति (svāmibhakti) — fidelity to one's lord
• Norwegian: troskap — fidelity to one's lord
• Norwegian: troskapsed — fidelity to one's lord
• Polish: wierność — fidelity to one's lord
• Portuguese: fieldade — fidelity to one's lord
• Portuguese: fidelidade — fidelity to one's lord
• Portuguese: lealdade — fidelity to one's lord
• Russian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ) — fidelity to one's lord
• Sanskrit: निष्ठा (niṣṭhā) — fidelity to one's lord
• Sanskrit: स्वामिभक्ति (svāmibhakti) — fidelity to one's lord
• Serbo-Croatian: vazalska odanost — fidelity to one's lord
• Serbo-Croatian: vazalska vjernost — fidelity to one's lord
• Serbo-Croatian: vazalska vernost — fidelity to one's lord
• Swedish: trohet — fidelity to one's lord
• Swedish: huldhet — fidelity to one's lord
• Swedish: tro — fidelity to one's lord
• Swedish: länsplikt — fidelity to one's lord
• Bulgarian: васална клетва (vasalna kletva) — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Danish: lensed — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Dutch: eed van trouw — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• French: serment — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• German: Lehnseid — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Hindi: शपथ (śapath) — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Hindi: हलफ़ (halaf) — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Hungarian: hűbéreskü — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Marathi: शपथ (śapath) — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Portuguese: fieldade — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Portuguese: juramento — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Sanskrit: शपथ (śapatha) — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Serbo-Croatian: feudalna zakletva odanosti — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Swedish: trohetsed — the oath by which this obligation was assumed
• Swedish: tro och loven — the oath by which this obligation was assumed