English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
allegiance (plural allegiances)
- Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
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)
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- 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)
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