loyalty

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic) loialty

Etymology

Old French loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té

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Noun

Wikipedia loyalty (countable and uncountable; plural loyalties)

1. Unswerving in allegiance.
2. Faithful in allegiance to one's lawful sovereign or government.
3. Faithful to a private person to whom fidelity is due.
4. Faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product.
5. The state of being loyal; fidelity.

Translations

the state of being loyal; fidelity

Chinese: Mandarin: 忠誠心 (zh), 忠诚心 (zh) (zhōngchéngxīn) Danish: loyalitet (da) c. Finnish: lojaalius (fi), uskollisuus (fi), luotettavuus (fi) French: loyauté (fr) f. German: Treue (de) f., Loyalität (de) f. Hungarian: hűség (hu) Italian: lealtà (it) f. Japanese: 忠誠心 (ja) (ちゅうせいしん, chūseishin)

Norwegian: loyalitet (no) m. Polish: lojalność f. Portuguese: lealdade (pt) Romanian: loialitate (ro) f. Russian: верность (ru) (vérnost') f., лояльность (ru) (lojál'nost') f., преданность (ru) (prédannost') f. Scots: lealty Scottish Gaelic: dìlseachd (gd) f. Spanish: lealtad (es) m. Swedish: lojalitet (sv) c., trofasthet (sv) c.

faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation

Danish: loyalitet (da) c. Finnish: lojaalius (fi), uskollisuus (fi) French: loyauté (fr) f. Italian: lealtà (it) f. Korean: 충성 (ko)

Norwegian: loyalitet (no) m. Russian: верность (ru) (vérnost') f., лояльность (ru) (lojál'nost') f. Scottish Gaelic: dìlseachd (gd) f. Spanish: lealtad (es) m. Swedish: lojalitet (sv) c., trofasthet (sv) c.

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Translations

German: Loyalität f.

Japanese: chugo (ja)

Derived terms

• loyalty card

See also

• allegiance, fealty, fidelity