English
Etymology
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“I deny”). See also renege.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/
- Hyphenation: re‧ne‧gade
Noun
renegade (plural renegades)
- An outlaw or rebel.
- A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
etymologically related to
negō
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eǵ- (0 c, 10 e)
Translations
outlaw or rebel
- Danish: lovløs, rebel (da) c
- Dutch: rebel (nl) m, outlaw (nl), vogelvrije (nl) m
- Finnish: kapinallinen (fi)
- French: renégat (fr) m, renégate (fr) f, rebelle (fr) m or f
- German: Rebell (de) m, Rebellin (de) f
- Greek: αντάρτης (el) m (antártis), αντάρτισσα (el) f (antártissa), εκτός νόμου m (ektós nómou)
- Italian: rinnegato (it) m, rinnegata (it) f
- Japanese: 変節者 (へんせつしゃ, hensetsusha)
- Latin: renegātus m, renegāta f
- Macedonian: о́дметник m (ódmetnik)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rebell m, opprører m
- Nynorsk: rebell m, opprørar m
- Portuguese: renegado (pt) m, renegada f, rebelde (pt) m or f
- Russian: мяте́жник (ru) m (mjatéžnik), изго́й (ru) m (izgój), изгна́нник (ru) m (izgnánnik)
- Serbo-Croatian: odmetnik (sh)
- Spanish: renegado (es) m, renegada (es) f, rebelde (es) m or f
- Swedish: avfälling (sv) c, renegat (sv) c
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disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
- Bulgarian: отстъпник (bg) m (otstǎpnik), ренегат (bg) m (renegat)
- Catalan: renegat (ca) m, renegada (ca) f
- Czech: renegát m
- Dutch: renegaat (nl) m,afvallige (nl) m,overloper (nl) m
- Finnish: luopio (fi), uskonluopio
- French: renégat (fr) m, renégate (fr) f
- German: Abtrünniger (de) m, Abtrünnige (de) f, Apostat (de) m, Apostatin (de) f, Abgefallener m, Abgefallene f, Glaubensabtrünniger m, Glaubensabtrünnige f, Überläufer (de) m, Überläuferin (de) f, Renegat (de) m, Renegatin (de) f, Deserteur (de) m, Deserteurin (de) f,
- Greek: εξωμότης (el) m (exomótis), αποστάτης (el) m (apostátis), αποστάτισσα (el) f (apostátissa), αποστάτρια (el) f (apostátria), αρνησίθρησκος (el) m (arnisíthriskos)
- Hungarian: renegát (hu), hűtlen (hu), áruló (hu)
- Italian: reietto (it) m, reietta (it) f
- Latin: renegātus m, renegāta f
- Macedonian: о́тстапник m (ótstapnik), о́тпадник m (ótpadnik)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: overløper m, renegat m
- Nynorsk: overlaupar m, renegat m
- Polish: renegat (pl) m, zaprzaniec (pl) m, zdrajca (pl) m, zdrajczyni (pl) f
- Portuguese: renegado (pt) m, renegada f, apóstata m or f
- Russian: ренега́т (ru) m anim (renegát), ренега́тка (ru) f (renegátka), преда́тель (ru) m anim (predátelʹ), , преда́тельница (ru) f (predátelʹnica), изме́нник (ru) m (izménnik)
- Spanish: renegado (es) m, renegada (es) f
- Swedish: överlöpare (sv) c, renegat (sv) c
- Turkish: dönek (tr), mürtet (tr) (obsolete)
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Verb
renegade (third-person singular simple present renegades, present participle renegading, simple past and past participle renegaded)
- (dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, volume 3, page 740:The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
Adjective
renegade (comparative more renegade, superlative most renegade)
- Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
- (by extension) Unconventional, unorthodox.
References
Galician
Verb
renegade
- second-person plural imperative of renegar