fidel

Borrowed from Latin fidēlem (“faithful”) as a learned word. Gradually drove out inherited Old Catalan feel.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fiˈðɛl]

fidel m or f (masculine and feminine plural fidels)

1. faithful
2. authentic, genuine

   Synonyms: legítim, veritable, autèntic

• fidelment

• fidelitat
• infidel

• “fidel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fidel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fidel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fidel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin fidēlis, from the noun fidēs.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /fiˈdeːl/

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fidel (strong nominative masculine singular fideler, comparative fideler, superlative am fidelsten)

1. cheerful

   Synonym: vergnügt

   • 1929, Erich Kästner, Emil und die Detektive, page 26:

     Sie ist die fidelste aller Großmütter, die ich kenne.

     She is the most cheerful of all grandmothers that I know.

• bumsfidel
• quietschfidel

• “fidel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “fidel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “fidel” in Duden online
• “fidel” in OpenThesaurus.de

Borrowed from German Fiedel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.dɛl/

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• Rhymes: -idɛl
• Syllabification: fi‧del
• Homophone: Fidel

fidel f (indeclinable)

1. vielle (medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin)

or

Indeclinable.

• fidel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French fidèle, from Latin fidelis.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈdel/

fidel m or n (feminine singular fidelă, masculine plural fideli, feminine and neuter plural fidele)

1. loyal

• “fidel”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025