loyal

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪəl

Etymology

From Old French loial, leial, leal, from Latin legalis.

Adjective

loyal (comparative more loyal, superlative most loyal)

1. Firm in allegiance to a person or institution.
2. Faithful to a person or cause.

Antonyms

• disloyal
• fickle

Derived terms

• loyalty

Translations

firm in allegiance to a person or institution

Azeri: vəfalı (az), sadiq (az), etibarlı (az), sədaqətli (az), möhkəm (az), sabit (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 忠誠 (zh), 忠诚 (zh) (zhōngchéng), 忠貞 (zh), 忠贞 (zh) (zhōngzhēn), 忠實 (zh), 忠实 (zh) (zhōngshí) Czech: věrný (cs), loajální (cs) Danish: loyal (da) Finnish: lojaali (fi), uskollinen (fi) French: loyal (fr) German: loyal (de), treu (de) Hebrew: נאמן (he) (neheman) Italian: leale (it) Japanese: 忠実な (ja) (ちゅうじつな, chūjitsu-na), 忠誠な (ja) (ちゅうせいな, chūsei-na)

Norwegian: lojal (no) Polish: lojalny (pl) m., oddany (pl) Russian: верный (ru) (vérnyj), преданный (ru) (prédannyj), лояльный (ru) (lojál'nyj) Scots: leal Scottish Gaelic: dìleas (gd) Spanish: leal (es) Telugu: నమ్మకమైన (te) (nammakamaina) Turkish: sadık (tr), vefalı (tr), sadakatli (tr) Vietnamese: trung thành (vi)

Anagrams

• alloy

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Danish

Etymology

From French loyal.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /løjaːl/, [lʌˈjæːˀl]

Adjective

loyal (neuter loyalt, definite and plural loyale)

1. loyal

Derived terms

• illoyal
• loyalitet

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /lwa.jal/
• Homophones: loyale, loyales

Etymology

From Old French loial, leial, leal, from Latin legalis.

Adjective

loyal m. (f. loyale, m. plural loyaux, f. plural loyales)

1. loyal

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German

Etymology

From French loyal

Adjective

loyal (comparative loyaler, superlative am loyalsten)

1. loyal

Antonyms

• illoyal

Related terms

• Loyalität