fiend

English

Alternative forms

• fend

Etymology

From Middle English feend (“enemy, demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognate with Old Norse fjándi (Icelandic fjandi, Danish fjende, Swedish fiende), West Frisian fijân, Low German Feend, Fiend, Dutch vijand, German Feind, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands), all of them meaning foe. The Old Norse and Gothic terms are present participles of the corresponding verbs fjá/fijan, to hate. Akin to Sanskrit पियति (piyati, “(he) reviles”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiːnd/

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• Rhymes: -iːnd

Noun

fiend (plural fiends)

1. A demon
   • 1845, E.A. Poe, "The Raven"

     "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!"

2. A very evil person
3. (informal) An addict

   a jazz fiend

Derived terms

• fiendish
• fiendlike
• dope fiend

Synonyms

• monster

Translations

demon

• Bulgarian: демон (bg) (demon) m
• Catalan: dimoni (ca), diable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 惡魔, simpl. 恶魔 (èmó)

• Danish: djævel (da) c, dæmon (da) c
• Finnish: paholainen, pahahenki
• French: démon (fr) m

• German: Dämon m, Dämonin f
• Greek: Δαίμων (el) (Daímon)
• Hebrew: שטן (he)
• Italian: demonio (it)
• Japanese: 悪魔 (ja) (akuma)
• Russian: демон (ru) (demon) m
• Spanish: diablo (es) m, diablillo (es) m

very evil person

• Bulgarian: злодей (bg) (zlodej) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 惡魔般的人, simpl. 恶魔般的人 (èmóbānderén)

• Danish: djævel (da) c
• Finnish: ilkimys (fi), riiviö (fi)
• French: monstre (fr) m

• German: Bösewicht m, Unhold m, Ungeheuer (de) n
• Hebrew: שטני (he)
• Hungarian: gonosz lélek (hu)
• Italian: demonio (it)
• Japanese: 悪魔 (ja) (akuma)
• Russian: злодей (ru) (zlodej) m
• Spanish: diablo (es) m, malvado (es) m

addict

• Bulgarian: пристрастен (bg) (pristrasten) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 迷, simpl. 迷 (mí)

• Danish: entusiast (da) c
• Estonian: sõltlane (et)
• Finnish: addikti (fi)

• French: addict (fr) m, (colloquial) accro (fr)
• German: Abhängige m and f
• Hungarian: függő (hu), valaminek a rabja (hu)
• Portuguese: viciado (pt) m
• Russian: фанатик (ru) (fanatik) m
• Spanish: (en las drogas) metido (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: 魔神 (まじん)

• Korean: 악마
• Swedish: Djävul (demon), entusiast (addict)m

Anagrams

• finde
• fined
• indef