loyal

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• /ˈlɔɪəl/
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Borrowed from Middle French loyal, from Old French loial, leial, leal, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of legal and leal.

Borrowed from French Loyal.

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lojaal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Albanian: besnik — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Arabic: وَفِيّ (wafiyy) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Arabic: مُخْلِص (muḵliṣ) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Arabic: مُوَالٍ (muwālin) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Arabic: موالى (muwāli) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Armenian: հավատարիմ (havatarim) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Asturian: lleal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Azerbaijani: vəfalı — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Azerbaijani: sadiq — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Azerbaijani: sədaqətli — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Bashkir: тоғро (toğro) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Belarusian: ве́рны (vjérny) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Belarusian: адда́ны (addány) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Belarusian: лая́льны (lajálʹny) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Bengali: বিশ্বস্ত (biśśosto) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Bengali: অনুগত (onugoto) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Bulgarian: ве́рен (véren) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Bulgarian: пре́дан (prédan) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Bulgarian: лоя́лен (lojálen) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Burmese: သစ္စာရှိ (saccahri.) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Catalan: lleial — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Eastern Min Chinese: 忠 (düng) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠誠 /忠诚 (zhōngchéng) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠貞 /忠贞 (zhōngzhēn) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠實 /忠实 (zhōngshí) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Czech: věrný — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Czech: loajální — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Danish: loyal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Danish: trofast — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Dutch: loyaal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Dutch: getrouw — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Esperanto: lojala — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Estonian: ustav — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Estonian: lojaalne — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Estonian: truu — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Finnish: lojaali — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Finnish: uskollinen — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• French: loyal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• French: fidèle — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Friulian: leâl — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Galician: leal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Georgian: ლოიალური (loialuri) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Georgian: ერთგული (ertguli) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Georgian: თავდადებული (tavdadebuli) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• German: loyal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• German: treu — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Greek: πιστός (pistós) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Hebrew: נֶאֱמָן (ne'emán) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Hindi: निष्ठावान (niṣṭhāvān) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Hindi: वफादार (vaphādār) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Hindi: वफ़ादार (vafādār) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Hungarian: hű — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Hungarian: hűséges — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Hungarian: lojális — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Icelandic: tryggur — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Icelandic: trúr — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Icelandic: dyggur — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Icelandic: hollur — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Indonesian: setia — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Indonesian: loyal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Italian: leale — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Italian: ligio — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Italian: fedele — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Japanese: 忠実な (chūjitsu na) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Japanese: 忠誠な (chūsei na) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Kazakh: адал (adal) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Khmer: ចិត្តត្រង់ (cət trɑng) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Khmer: ចំពោះ (cɑmpŭəh) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Khmer: ភក្តី (phĕəʼkdəy) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Korean: 충실하다 (chungsilhada) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Korean: 충성하다 (chungseonghada) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Northern Kurdish: wefadar — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Northern Kurdish: dilsoz — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Ladin: fedel — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Ladin: leal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Lao: ຊື່ (sư̄) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Lao: ຊື່ຕົງ (sư̄ tong) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Lao: ສັດຊື່ (sat sư̄) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Latin: fīdus — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Latin: fīdēlis — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Latvian: uzticīgs — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Latvian: lojāls — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Lithuanian: ištikimas — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Lithuanian: lojalus — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Macedonian: верен (veren) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Malay: setia — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Malay: loyal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Manchu: ᡨᠣᠨᡩᠣ (tondo) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Māori: piripono — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Māori: pirihonga — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Mongolian: үнэнч (ünenč) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Mongolian: ᠦᠨᠡᠨᠴᠢ (ünenči) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Nepali: वफादार (vaphādār) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Nepali: निष्ठावान (niṣṭhāvān) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Norman: louoya — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Norwegian Bokmål: lojal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Norwegian Bokmål: trofast — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lojal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trufast — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Occitan: leial — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Old English: ġetrīewe — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Old English: trīewe — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Pashto: وفادار (wafādãr) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Persian: وفادار (vafâdâr) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Persian: باوفا (bâvafâ) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Polish: lojalny — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Polish: oddany — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Portuguese: leal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Portuguese: fiel — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Romanian: fidel — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Romanian: loial — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Russian: ве́рный (vérnyj) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Russian: пре́данный (prédannyj) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Russian: лоя́льный (lojálʹnyj) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Sanskrit: निष्ठावान् (niṣṭhāvān) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Sanskrit: भक्त (bhakta) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Scots: leal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Scottish Gaelic: dìleas — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Serbo-Croatian: веран — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Serbo-Croatian: вјеран — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Serbo-Croatian: veran — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Serbo-Croatian: vjeran — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Sicilian: liali — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Slovak: verný — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Slovak: lojálni — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Slovene: zvest — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Slovene: lojalen — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Spanish: leal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Swedish: lojal — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Tajik: вафодор (vafodor) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Telugu: నమ్మకమైన (nammakamaina) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Thai: ซื่อสัตย์ (sʉ̂ʉ-sàt) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Thai: จงรัก (jong-rák) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Thai: ซื่อตรง (sʉ̂ʉ-dtrong) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Thai: ซื่อ (sʉ̂ʉ) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Tibetan: དམ་ཚིག་ཅན (dam tshig can) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Tibetan: བརྩེ་གདུང་ཅན (brtse gdung can) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Turkish: sadık — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Turkish: vefalı — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Turkish: dayanışma — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Turkish: bağlılıklı — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Turkmen: wepaly — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Ukrainian: ві́рний (vírnyj) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Ukrainian: ві́дданий (víddanyj) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Ukrainian: лоя́льний (lojálʹnyj) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Urdu: وفادار (vafādār) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Uyghur: سادىق (sadiq) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Uyghur: ۋاپادار (wapadar) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Uzbek: sodiq — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Uzbek: vafodor — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Venetan: łeałe — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Vietnamese: trung thành — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Welsh: cywir — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Welsh: ffyddlon — firm in allegiance to a person or institution
• Yiddish: געטרײַ (getray) — firm in allegiance to a person or institution