allegiance

English

Alternative forms

• allegiaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English aliegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), a modification of Anglo-Norman legaunce influenced by other words starting with the prefix -a-, from Anglo-Norman lege, liege (“liege, servant”), of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin. More at liege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈliː.dʒəns/

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Noun

allegiance (countable and uncountable, plural allegiances)

1. Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

Synonyms

• fidelity, loyalty, adherence

Derived terms

• oath of allegiance
• pledge of allegiance

Translations

loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler

• Bulgarian: вярност (bg) (vjarnost), преданост (bg) (predanost), лоялност (bg) (lojalnost)
• Catalan: lleialtat (ca) f, fidelitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忠誠／忠诚 (zh) (zhōngchéng), 忠诚 (zh) (zhōngchéng)

• Czech: oddanost f
• Danish: troskap c
• Dutch: trouw (nl), getrouwheid, loyaliteit (nl), trouwhartigheid, aanhang (nl) m
• Esperanto: fideleco
• Finnish: kuuliaisuus (fi), uskollisuus (fi)
• French: fidélité (fr) f, loyauté (fr) f, allégeance (fr) f
• German: Treue (de), Loyalität (de), Treuherzigkeit, Gefolgschaft (de) f, Gefolgschaftstreue f
• Interlingue: ,
• Irish: dílseacht f
• Italian: fedeltà (it), lealtà (it)
• Japanese: 忠誠 (ja) (ちゅうせい chūsei)
• Korean: 충성 (ko) (chungseong)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: allegiantia f, fidēlitās, fidēs, dēvōtiō, obsequium n
• Maori: piripono
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: troskap m, truskap m

  Nynorsk: truskap m

• Papiamentu: fidelidat
• Persian: تعهد (fa) (ta'ahhod), وفاداری (fa) (vafâdâri)
• Polish: wierność (pl), posłuszeństwo (pl), lojalność (pl)
• Portuguese: fidelidade (pt), lealdade (pt), adesão (pt) f
• Romanian: fidelitate (ro) f, loialitate (ro) f, credință (ro) f
• Russian: ве́рность (ru) f (vérnostʹ), пре́данность (ru) f (prédannostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: odanost (sh), lojalnost (sh)
• Slovene: zvestoba (sl) f
• Spanish: fidelidad (es) f, lealtad (es) f
• Swedish: lojalitet (sv), trohet (sv) c