noun
Meaning 1
The state of being loyal; fidelity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- brand loyalty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
loyalty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈlɔɪəlti/
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CMU ARPABET: L OY1 AH0 L T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- He showed loyalty to his local football club after successive relegations.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sympathy, fealty
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his long commitment to public service
- they felt no loyalty to a losing team
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: commitment, allegiance, dedication
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cooperation
Narrower terms: communalism, consecration, devotion, enlistment, faith
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being loyal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trueness
Antonyms: disloyalty
Broader terms: fidelity, faithfulness
Narrower terms: steadfastness, staunchness, allegiance, fealty, patriotism, nationalism, regionalism
noun
Meaning 5
feelings of allegiance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: love
History
Etymology
From Middle English loialte, borrowed from Old French loialte, loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té, equivalent to loyal + -ty.
Across languages
Translations
155 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: lojaliteit — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Albanian: besnikëri — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Arabic: وَفَاء (wafāʔ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Arabic: إِخْلَاص (ʔiḵlāṣ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Armenian: հավատարմություն (havatarmutʻyun) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Asturian: llealtá — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Azerbaijani: vəfa — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Azerbaijani: sədaqət — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Azerbaijani: sadiqlik — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Belarusian: ве́рнасць (vjérnascʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Belarusian: ве́рнасьць (vjérnasʹcʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Belarusian: лая́льнасць (lajálʹnascʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Belarusian: лая́льнасьць (lajálʹnasʹcʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Belarusian: адда́насць (addánascʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Belarusian: адда́насьць (addánasʹcʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Bulgarian: вя́рност (vjárnost) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Bulgarian: лоя́лност (lojálnost) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Bulgarian: пре́даност (prédanost) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Burmese: သစ္စာ (sacca) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Catalan: lleialtat — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Chinese Mandarin: 忠誠 /忠诚 (zhōngchéng) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Chinese Mandarin: 忠心 (zhōngxīn) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Crimean Tatar: sadaqat — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Czech: věrnost — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Danish: loyalitet — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Dutch: trouw — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Dutch: loyaliteit — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Esperanto: fideleco — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Estonian: ustavus — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Estonian: lojaalsus — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Finnish: lojaalius — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Finnish: uskollisuus — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Finnish: luotettavuus — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- French: loyauté — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Friulian: lealtât — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Galician: lealdade — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Georgian: ერთგულება (ertguleba) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Georgian: თავდადება (tavdadeba) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Georgian: ლოიალურობა (loialuroba) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- German: Treue — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- German: Loyalität — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Hebrew: נֶאֱמָנוּת (ne'emanút) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Hindi: निष्ठा (niṣṭhā) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Hindi: वफ़ा (vafā) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Hungarian: hűség — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Icelandic: trúmennska — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Indonesian: kesetiaan — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Irish: dílseacht — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Italian: lealtà — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Italian: fedeltà — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Japanese: 忠誠心 (chūseishin) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Japanese: 忠誠 (chūsei) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Japanese: 忠義 (chūgi) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Kazakh: адалдық (adaldyq) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Khmer: ចិត្តភក្តី (cət phĕəʼktəy) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Khmer: ភក្តីភាព (phĕəʼkdəyphiəp) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Korean: 충실 (chungsil) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Korean: 충성 (chungseong) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Korean: 충성심 (chungseongsim) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Northern Kurdish: dilsozî — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Northern Kurdish: sozdarî — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Northern Kurdish: wefa — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Northern Kurdish: sedaqet — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Kven: lojaliteetti — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Kyrgyz: берилгендик (berilgendik) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Latin: fides — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Latvian: lojalitāte — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Latvian: uzticība — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Lithuanian: ištikimybė — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Lithuanian: lojalumas — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Macedonian: верност (vernost) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Macedonian: лојалност (lojalnost) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Macedonian: преданост (predanost) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Malay: kesetiaan — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Norwegian Bokmål: lojalitet — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lojalitet — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Occitan: leialtat — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Old English: trēow — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Pashto: وفا (wafã) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Pashto: وفاداري (wafādārí) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Iranian Persian: وَفاداری (vafâdâri) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Iranian Persian: وَفا (vafâ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Polish: lojalność — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Polish: wierność — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Portuguese: lealdade — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Romanian: loialitate — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Russian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Russian: лоя́льность (lojálʹnostʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Russian: пре́данность (prédannostʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Scots: lealty — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Scottish Gaelic: dìlseachd — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Serbo-Croatian: ве́рно̄ст — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Serbo-Croatian: вје́рно̄ст — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏да̄но̄ст — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Serbo-Croatian: vérnōst — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Serbo-Croatian: vjérnōst — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍdānōst — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Sicilian: lialtà — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Sicilian: lialtati — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Slovak: vernosť — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Slovene: vdanost — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Slovene: zvestoba — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Spanish: lealtad — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Swedish: lojalitet — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Swedish: trofasthet — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Tajik: вафодорӣ (vafodori) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Tajik: вафо (vafo) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Thai: ความซื่อสัตย์ (kwaam-sʉ̂ʉ-sàt) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Thai: ความซื่อ (kwaam-sʉ̂ʉ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Thai: ความภักดี (kwaam-pák-dii) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Turkish: sadakat — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Turkish: vefa — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Turkish: bağlılık — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Ottoman Turkish: صداقت (sadakat) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Turkmen: wepalylyk — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Ukrainian: ві́рність (vírnistʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Ukrainian: лоя́льність (lojálʹnistʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Ukrainian: ві́дданість (víddanistʹ) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Urdu: وَفا (vafā) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Urdu: وَفاداری (vafādārī) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Urdu: صَداقَت (sadāqat) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Uyghur: ۋاپادارلىق (wapadarliq) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Uyghur: سادىقلىق (sadiqliq) — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Uzbek: sadoqat — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Uzbek: vafo — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Uzbek: sodiqlik — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Uzbek: vafodorlik — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Vietnamese: lòng trung thành — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Welsh: gwrogaeth — the state of being loyal; fidelity
- Chinese Mandarin: 诚信 (chéngxìn) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Chinese Mandarin: 忠信 (zhōngxìn) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Chinese Mandarin: 丹心 (dānxīn) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Danish: loyalitet — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Esperanto: lojaleco — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Finnish: lojaalius — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Finnish: uskollisuus — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- French: loyauté — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Georgian: ერთგულება (ertguleba) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- German: Treue — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- German: Loyalität — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Irish: dílseacht — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Italian: lealtà — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Korean: 충성 (chungseong) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Norwegian Bokmål: lojalitet — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lojalitet — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Old English: trēow — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Polish: lojalność — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Portuguese: lealdade — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Russian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Russian: лоя́льность (lojálʹnostʹ) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Scottish Gaelic: dìlseachd — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Spanish: lealtad — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Swedish: lojalitet — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Swedish: trofasthet — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
- Ottoman Turkish: صداقت (sadakat) — faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation
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