fidélité

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fidēlitās. By surface analysis, fidèle +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.de.li.te/
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Noun

fidélité f (plural fidélités)

  1. faithfulness, fidelity
    Antonym: infidélité
    Near-synonym: loyauté
    jurer fidélité ― to pledge one's loyalty, to swear loyalty, to swear allegiance, to swear an oath

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