fidelity

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• /fɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/
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• /faɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/
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• US: /fᵻˈdɛlədi/
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15th century, from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French fidélité, from Latin fidēlitās, from fidēlis (“faithful”), from fidēs (“faith, loyalty”) (English faith), from Proto-Indo-European *bhidh-, zero-grade of *bheydh- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”) (English bide). Doublet of fealty.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِخْلَاص (ʔiḵlāṣ) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Arabic: وَلَاء (walāʔ) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Bulgarian: преданост (predanost) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Catalan: fidelitat — faithfulness to one's duties
• Cherokee: ᎪᎯᏳᏗ (gohiyudi) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠實 /忠实 (zhōngshí) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠誠 /忠诚 (zhōngchéng) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Finnish: uskollisuus — faithfulness to one's duties
• Finnish: lojaalius — faithfulness to one's duties
• French: fidélité — faithfulness to one's duties
• Galician: fidelidade — faithfulness to one's duties
• German: Redlichkeit — faithfulness to one's duties
• Hungarian: hűség — faithfulness to one's duties
• Icelandic: tryggð — faithfulness to one's duties
• Italian: fedeltà — faithfulness to one's duties
• Central Kurdish: ڕاستگۆیی (rastgoyî) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Latin: fidelitas — faithfulness to one's duties
• Malay: kesetiaan — faithfulness to one's duties
• Māori: pirihonga — faithfulness to one's duties
• Māori: pirihonge — faithfulness to one's duties
• Māori: pirihongi — faithfulness to one's duties
• Māori: ngākaupono — faithfulness to one's duties
• Persian: صداقت (sedāqat) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Persian: درستی (dorosti) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Persian: راستگویی (rāstguyi) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Portuguese: fidelidade — faithfulness to one's duties
• Portuguese: lealdade — faithfulness to one's duties
• Romanian: fidelitate — faithfulness to one's duties
• Russian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Spanish: fidelidad — faithfulness to one's duties
• Swedish: trohet — faithfulness to one's duties
• Swedish: plikttrohet — faithfulness to one's duties
• Tamil: நேர்மை (nērmai) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Turkish: sadakat — faithfulness to one's duties
• Ottoman Turkish: صداقت (sadakat) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Ukrainian: ві́рність (vírnistʹ) — faithfulness to one's duties
• Bulgarian: точност (točnost) — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Bulgarian: прецизност (preciznost) — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Chinese Mandarin: 逼真度 — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Finnish: tarkkuus — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Finnish: täsmällisyys — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Galician: fidelidade — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• German: Genauigkeit — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Hebrew: דיוק (diyúk) — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Hungarian: hűség — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Hungarian: pontosság — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Polish: wierność — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Portuguese: fidelidade — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Russian: то́чность (tóčnostʹ) — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Spanish: fidelidad — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Swedish: exakthet — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Welsh: ffyddlondeb — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Welsh: manyldeb — accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
• Bulgarian: вярност (vjarnost) — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠貞 /忠贞 (zhōngzhēn) — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Finnish: uskollisuus — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Galician: fidelidade — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• German: Treue — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Hebrew: נאמנות (ne'emanút) — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Hungarian: hűség — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Hungarian: ragaszkodás — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Icelandic: tryggð — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Irish: dílseacht — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Māori: piripono — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Polish: wierność — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Portuguese: fidelidade — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Portuguese: lealdade — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Russian: лоя́льность (lojálʹnostʹ) — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Spanish: fidelidad — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Swedish: trohet — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Tamil: நேர்மை (nērmai) — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Tamil: ஒழுக்கம் (oḻukkam) — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Turkish: sadık — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Ukrainian: ві́рність (vírnistʹ) — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Welsh: ffyddlondeb — loyalty, especially to one's spouse
• Catalan: fidelitat — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Chinese Mandarin: 保真度 (bǎozhēndù) — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Finnish: toistokyky — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Galician: fidelidade — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Hebrew: נאמנות למקור (ne'emanút lamakór) — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Irish: dílseacht — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Japanese: 忠実度 (chūjitsudo) — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Polish: wierność — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Portuguese: fidelidade — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Russian: ка́чество (káčestvo) — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Spanish: fidelidad — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Swedish: fidelitet — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image
• Swedish: exakthet — the degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces a given sound or image