faith

Wikipedia

See also Faith, and fáith

English

Alternative forms

• feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)

Etymology

12th century, from Middle English feith, from Old French feid, from Latin fidēs (“faith, belief, trust”) (whence also English fidelity), from fīdō (“trust, confide in”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”) (whence also English bide).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /feɪθ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪθ

Noun

Wikipedia ^enfaith (countable and uncountable; plural faiths)

1. A feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, without having evidence.

   Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.

   I have faith that my prayers will be answered.

   I have faith in the healing power of crystals.

2. A religious belief system.

   The Christian faith.

3. An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.

   He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.

4. A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.

   I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Synonyms

• (knowing, without direct observation, based on indirect evidence and experience, that something is true, real, or will happen): belief, confidence, trust, conviction
• (system of religious belief): religion

Derived terms

• faithful
• faithing
• faithfulness
• faithfully
• faithless
• in faith
• faith-healer

Related terms

• affidavit
• bide
• fidelity

Translations

feeling that something is true

Albanian: besim, besë (sq) f. Arabic: إيمان (ar) ('iimaan) m., معتقد (ar) (mu`taqad) m. Aramaic: ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ Bosnian: vjera (bs) f. Bulgarian: вяра (bg) (vjára) f. Catalan: fe (ca) f. Cherokee: ᎪᎯᏳᏗ (chr) (gohiyudi) Chinese: Mandarin: 信念 (cmn) (xìnniàn), 信心 (cmn) (xìnxīn), 信教 (cmn) (xìnjiào), 信義 (cmn), 信义 (cmn) (xìnyì), 信賴 (cmn), 信赖 (cmn) (xìnlài) Croatian: vjera (hr) f. Czech: víra (cs) f. Danish: tro (da) Dutch: vertrouwen (nl) n., geloof (nl) n., Esperanto: fido (eo) Finnish: usko (fi) French: foi (fr) f. German: Glaube (de) m. Greek: πίστη (el) (písti) Italian: fede (it) f. Japanese: 信頼 (しんらい, shinrai, trust), 信奉 (しんぽう, shinpō), 信仰 (ja) (しんこう, shinkō), 信念 (ja) (しんねん, shinnen), 信教 (ja) (しんきょう, shinkyō), 信義 (ja) (しんぎ), 信義 (ja) (しんぎ, shingi) Kazakh: сенім (kk) (senim) Khmer: សទ្ធា (km) (sat thea)

Korean: 믿음 (mideum) Latin: fides (la) f. Maltese: fidi (mt) Maori: whakapono (mi) Norwegian: tro (no) m. Polish: wiara (pl) f. Portuguese: fé (pt) f. Romanian: credință (ro) f. Romansch: fai (rm) Russian: вера (ru) (véra) f. Sanskrit: श्रद्धा (sa) (śraddhā) f. Saterland Frisian: Gloowe Scots: Gaelic creideamh m., creideas m. Serbian: Cyrillic: вера f. Roman: vera f. Slovak: viera (sk) f. Spanish: fe (es) f. Swahili: imani (sw) Swedish: tro (sv) Tagalog: pananampalataya (tl), paniniwala (tl) Telugu: నమ్మకము (te) (nammakamu), విశ్వాసము (te) (viswaasamu) West Frisian: leauwe (fy) Zulu: ithemba (zu)

External links

• faith in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• faith in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: church · paper · object · #606: faith · gentleman · persons · wrote

Anagrams

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