allegiance

English

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Alternative forms

• allegiaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English aliegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman legaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), from Old French legeance, from Old French lege, liege (“liege, servant”), of Germanic origin. More at liege.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈliː.dʒəns/, X-SAMPA: /@"li:dZ@ns/

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Noun

allegiance (plural allegiances)

1. Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

Synonyms

• fidelity, loyalty, adherence

Translations

loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler

• Bulgarian: вярност (bg) (vjarnost), преданост (bg) (predanost), лоялност (bg) (lojalnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忠誠, 忠诚 (zhongcheng)

• Czech: oddanost (cs) f
• Dutch: trouw, getrouwheid, loyaliteit, trouwhartigheid, aanhang (nl) m
• Esperanto: fideleco (eo)
• Finnish: kuuliaisuus, uskollisuus
• French: fidélité (fr),loyauté (fr)
• German: Treue, Loyalität, Treuherzigkeit
• Irish: dílseacht (ga) f
• Italian: fedeltà (it), lealtà (it)

• Japanese: 忠誠 (ちゅうせい chūsei)
• Korean: 충성
• Latin: allegiantia (la) f, fidēlitās (la) f, fidēs (la) f, dēvōtiō (la) f, obsequium (la) n
• Papiamentu: fidelidat
• Polish: wierność, posłuszeństwo, lojalność
• Portuguese: fidelidade (pt), lealdade (pt)
• Russian: верность (ru) (vernostʹ) f, преданность (ru) (predannostʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian: odanost (sh), lojalnost (sh)
• Spanish: fidelidad (es) f, lealtad (es) f
• Swedish: lojalitet (sv)