good faith

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd ˈfeɪθ/
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Calque of Anglo-Norman bone fei, Middle French bonne foy and Old French bonne foy, en bone fei (“loyally, with honesty, with sincere intention”) (modern French bonne foi (“good faith”), de bonne foi (“in good faith, in earnest”)), from Latin bona fidēs (“good faith”).

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: gutgläubig — well-intentioned
• Hungarian: jóhiszemű — well-intentioned
• Turkish: iyi niyetli — well-intentioned
• Ukrainian: сумлі́нний (sumlínnyj) — well-intentioned
• Ukrainian: че́сний (čésnyj) — well-intentioned
• Vietnamese: có thiện ý — well-intentioned
• Welsh: didwyll — well-intentioned
• Chinese Mandarin: 誠意 /诚意 (chéngyì) — good, honest intentions
• Chinese Mandarin: 誠實 /诚实 (chéngshí) — good, honest intentions
• Chinese Mandarin: 善意 (shànyì) — good, honest intentions
• Czech: dobrá víra — good, honest intentions
• Finnish: vilpitön mieli — good, honest intentions
• Finnish: hyvä usko — good, honest intentions
• French: bonne foi — good, honest intentions
• German: Treu und Glauben — good, honest intentions
• German: guter Glaube — good, honest intentions
• German: bestes Wissen und Gewissen — good, honest intentions
• German: gute Absicht — good, honest intentions
• Hungarian: jóhiszeműség — good, honest intentions
• Indonesian: iktikad baik — good, honest intentions
• Italian: buona fede — good, honest intentions
• Japanese: 誠意 (seii) — good, honest intentions
• Japanese: 誠実 (seijitsu) — good, honest intentions
• Latin: bona fidēs — good, honest intentions
• Polish: dobra wiara — good, honest intentions
• Portuguese: boa-fé — good, honest intentions
• Russian: добросо́вестность (dobrosóvestnostʹ) — good, honest intentions
• Russian: че́стное наме́рение (čéstnoje namérenije) — good, honest intentions
• Russian: и́скренность (ískrennostʹ) — good, honest intentions
• Samoan: pona fitesi — good, honest intentions
• Sicilian: bona fidi — good, honest intentions
• Spanish: buena fe — good, honest intentions
• Swedish: god tro — good, honest intentions
• Tongan: pona fitesi — good, honest intentions
• Turkish: iyi niyet — good, honest intentions
• Turkish: hüsnüniyet — good, honest intentions
• Ukrainian: до́брий на́мір (dóbryj námir) — good, honest intentions
• Vietnamese: thiện ý — good, honest intentions
• Vietnamese: thành tín — good, honest intentions
• Welsh: didwylledd — good, honest intentions