steadfast

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɛdfɑːst/
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• General-American: /ˈstɛdfæst/
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• obsolete: /ˈstɛdfəst/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: S T EH1 D F AE2 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastuz, equivalent to stead (“place; spot; position”) + fast (“firm; fixed”). Cognate with Middle Dutch stedevast (“steadfast”), Icelandic staðfestur (“steadfast”), Danish stedfast (“firmly attached, secured”), Danish stadfæste (“to confirm; ratify”), Norwegian Nynorsk stadfesta (“confirm, ratify; establish”), Swedish stadfästa (“to confirm; establish”).

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثابت (ṯābit) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Bulgarian: неподвижен (nepodvižen) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Bulgarian: устойчив (ustojčiv) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Chinese Cantonese: 堅定嘅 /坚定嘅 (gin1 ding6 ge3) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Dutch: standvastig — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Finnish: luja — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Finnish: vakaa — fixed or unchanging; steady
• French: déterminé — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Galician: firme — fixed or unchanging; steady
• German: unentwegt — fixed or unchanging; steady
• German: standhaft — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tulgus) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Ancient Greek: βέβαιος (bébaios) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Ancient Greek: καρτερός (karterós) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Irish: diongbháilte — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Irish: buanseasmhach — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Italian: saldo — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Latin: firmus — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Latin: obnīxus — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Latin: fidus — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Latin: constans — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Lithuanian: nepajudinamas — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Māori: titikaha — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Māori: tōmau — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Māori: pūmau — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Middle English: stedefast — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Navajo: yíníłdzil — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Norwegian: stødig — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Norwegian Bokmål: vedvarende — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Norwegian Bokmål: stadig — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Occitan: fèrm — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Persian: ثابت (sâbet) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Polish: niezachwiany — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Polish: niezłomny — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Portuguese: firme — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Portuguese: constante — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Russian: усто́йчивый (ustójčivyj) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Russian: непоколеби́мый (nepokolebímyj) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Russian: сто́йкий (stójkij) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Sanskrit: दृढ (dṛḍha) — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Swedish: stadig — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Swedish: stabil — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Turkish: daimî — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Turkish: değişmez — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Turkish: sabit — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Turkish: sürekli — fixed or unchanging; steady
• Bulgarian: предан (predan) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Bulgarian: ве́рен (véren) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Bulgarian: всеотда́ен (vseotdáen) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Chinese Cantonese: 忠實嘅 /忠实嘅 (zung1 sat6 ge3) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Chinese Cantonese: 忠誠嘅 /忠诚嘅 (zung1 sing4 ge3) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Chinese Mandarin: 忠實 /忠实 (zhōngshí) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Chinese Mandarin: 堅定不移 /坚定不移 (jiāndìngbùyí) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Dutch: standvastig — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Finnish: järkkymätön — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Finnish: vankkumaton — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Ancient Greek: ἀστραβής (astrabḗs) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Ancient Greek: τλήμων (tlḗmōn) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Hungarian: állhatatos — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Irish: diongbháilte — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Irish: buanseasmhach — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Latin: firmus — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Latin: certus — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Māori: titikaha — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Māori: tōmau — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Māori: kiriūka — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Māori: horopū — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Middle English: stedefast — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Norwegian: stødig — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Norwegian: traust — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Polish: oddany — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Portuguese: firme — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Portuguese: inabalável — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Russian: пре́данный (prédannyj) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Russian: ве́рный (vérnyj) — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Spanish: constable — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Spanish: empecinado — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Swedish: orubblig — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
• Swedish: ståndaktig — firmly loyal or constant; unswerving