fiend

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• /ˈfiːnd/
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• [ˈfɪi̯nd]
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• rhymes with -iːnd
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• obsolete: /fɛnd/
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From Middle English fend, feend (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognates Cognate with Scots fient (“fiend”), Saterland Frisian Fäind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Cimbrian faint (“enemy, fiend”), Dutch vijand (“enemy”), German Feind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Vilamovian faeind, fajnd (“enemy”), Yiddish פֿײַנד (faynd), פֿײַנט (faynt, “enemy”), Danish fjende (“adversary, enemy, foe”), Icelandic fjandi (“enemy; fiend, demon, devil”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish fiende (“enemy”), Old Norse fjándi (“enemy; devil”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fiands), 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands, “enemy, foe”). The Old Norse and Gothic terms are present participles of the corresponding verbs fjá/𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fijan, “to hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh1- (“to hate”) (compare Sanskrit पीयति (pī́yati, “(he) reviles”)).

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: демон (demon) — demon
• Catalan: dimoni — demon
• Catalan: diable — demon
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡魔 /恶魔 (èmó) — demon
• Czech: ďábel — demon
• Czech: démon — demon
• Czech: zlý duch — demon
• Danish: djævel — demon
• Danish: dæmon — demon
• Dutch: demoon — demon
• Dutch: kwade geest — demon
• Esperanto: demono — demon
• Esperanto: diablo — demon
• Finnish: demoni — demon
• Finnish: paholainen — demon
• Finnish: pahahenki — demon
• French: démon — demon
• French: diable — demon
• Galician: demo — demon
• Galician: diaño — demon
• Galician: perete — demon
• Galician: perello — demon
• Galician: cachan — demon
• Galician: tueiro — demon
• Galician: déngaro — demon
• Galician: xúncaras — demon
• German: Dämon — demon
• German: Dämonin — demon
• German: böser Geist — demon
• Greek: Δαίμων (Daímon) — demon
• Hebrew: שטן — demon
• Italian: demonio — demon
• Italian: diavolo — demon
• Japanese: 悪魔 (akuma) — demon
• Latin: daemon — demon
• Māori: tupua — demon
• Middle English: fend — demon
• Polish: demon — demon
• Polish: diabeł — demon
• Polish: czart — demon
• Portuguese: demónio — demon
• Portuguese: demônio — demon
• Portuguese: diabo — demon
• Russian: де́мон (démon) — demon
• Serbo-Croatian: демон — demon
• Serbo-Croatian: demon — demon
• Spanish: diablillo — demon
• Arabic: الْأَلَدُّ الْخَصِم (al-ʔaladdu l-ḵaṣim) — very evil person
• Bulgarian: злодей (zlodej) — very evil person
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡魔般的人 /恶魔般的人 (èmóbānderén) — very evil person
• Czech: zloduch — very evil person
• Danish: djævel — very evil person
• Dutch: demoon — very evil person
• Dutch: monster — very evil person
• Esperanto: demono — very evil person
• Esperanto: diablo — very evil person
• Esperanto: monstro — very evil person
• Esperanto: senkompatulo — very evil person
• Finnish: peto — very evil person
• Finnish: riiviö — very evil person
• French: monstre — very evil person
• French: démon — very evil person
• Galician: catralvo — very evil person
• Galician: corrupio — very evil person
• Galician: ruin — very evil person
• Galician: prepia — very evil person
• Galician: tarulán — very evil person
• Galician: pilitrón — very evil person
• Galician: fandelo — very evil person
• Galician: camanduleiro — very evil person
• Galician: morgaña — very evil person
• Galician: avol — very evil person
• German: Teufel — very evil person
• German: Monster — very evil person
• German: Ungeheuer — very evil person
• Hebrew: שטני — very evil person
• Hungarian: gonosz lélek — very evil person
• Italian: demonio — very evil person
• Italian: diavolo — very evil person
• Japanese: 悪魔 (akuma) — very evil person
• Middle English: fend — very evil person
• Portuguese: demónio — very evil person
• Portuguese: demônio — very evil person
• Portuguese: diabo — very evil person
• Russian: злоде́й (zlodéj) — very evil person
• Russian: и́зверг (ízverg) — very evil person
• Serbo-Croatian: злобник — very evil person
• Serbo-Croatian: zlobnik — very evil person
• Serbo-Croatian: душманин — very evil person
• Serbo-Croatian: dušmanin — very evil person
• Spanish: malvado — very evil person
• Arabic: مَهْوُوْس (mahwuws) — addict, fanatic
• Bulgarian: пристрастен (pristrasten) — addict, fanatic
• Chinese Mandarin: 迷 (mí) — addict, fanatic
• Czech: nadšenec — addict, fanatic
• Czech: blázen — addict, fanatic
• Czech: fanatik — addict, fanatic
• Danish: entusiast — addict, fanatic
• Dutch: verslaafde — addict, fanatic
• Dutch: fanaticus — addict, fanatic
• Dutch: bezetene — addict, fanatic
• Esperanto: fanatikulo — addict, fanatic
• Esperanto: toksiĝemulo — addict, fanatic
• Esperanto: toksomaniulo — addict, fanatic
• Esperanto: fano — addict, fanatic
• Estonian: sõltlane — addict, fanatic
• Finnish: addikti — addict, fanatic
• French: addict — addict, fanatic
• French: accro — addict, fanatic
• French: fou — addict, fanatic
• Galician: seide — addict, fanatic
• Galician: fanático — addict, fanatic
• Galician: adito — addict, fanatic
• German: Fanatiker — addict, fanatic
• German: Enthusiast — addict, fanatic
• German: Süchtiger — addict, fanatic
• German: Abhängiger — addict, fanatic
• German: Besessener — addict, fanatic
• German: Freak — addict, fanatic
• Hungarian: függő — addict, fanatic
• Hungarian: valaminek a rabja — addict, fanatic
• Italian: entusiasta — addict, fanatic
• Italian: fanatico — addict, fanatic
• Portuguese: viciado — addict, fanatic
• Russian: фана́тик (fanátik) — addict, fanatic
• Serbo-Croatian: зависник — addict, fanatic
• Serbo-Croatian: фанатик — addict, fanatic
• Serbo-Croatian: zavisnik — addict, fanatic
• Serbo-Croatian: fanatik — addict, fanatic
• Czech: být blázen (do čeho, do koho) — be desperate for something
• German: verrückt sein nach — be desperate for something