steadfast

English

Alternative forms

• stedfast (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastuz, equivalent to stead (“place; spot; position”) +‎ fast (“firm; fixed”). Cognate with Middle Dutch stedevast (“steadfast”), Icelandic staðfastur (“steadfast”), Danish stedfast (“firmly attached, secured”), Danish stadfæste (“to confirm; ratify”), Swedish stadfästa (“to confirm; establish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛdfæst/

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Adjective

steadfast (comparative steadfaster or more steadfast, superlative steadfastest or most steadfast)

1. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
2. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

Derived terms

• steadfastly
• steadfastness

Translations

fixed or unchanging; steady

• Finnish: vakaa (fi)
• French: déterminé (fr) m
• German: unentwegt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βέβαιος (bébaios), καρτερός (karterós)

• Irish: diongbháilte, buanseasmhach
• Italian: saldo (it) m
• Latin: firmus, fidus
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• Maori: titikaha, tōmau, pūmau
• Navajo: yíníłdzil
• Norwegian: stødig
• Polish: niezachwiany, niezłomny (pl)
• Portuguese: firme (pt)
• Russian: усто́йчивый (ru) (ustójčivyj), непоколеби́мый (ru) (nepokolebímyj), сто́йкий (ru) (stójkij)
• Spanish: firme (es)
• Turkish: daimî (tr), değişmez (tr), sabit (tr), sürekli (tr)

firmly loyal or constant; unswerving

• Finnish: järkkymätön (fi), päättäväinen (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀστραβής (astrabḗs)

• Hungarian: állhatatos (hu)
• Irish: diongbháilte, buanseasmhach
• Latin: firmus
• Maori: titikaha, tōmau, kiriūka, horopū
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• Norwegian: stødig, traust
• Polish: oddany (pl)
• Portuguese: firme (pt)
• Russian: пре́данный (ru) (prédannyj), ве́рный (ru) (vérnyj)
• Spanish: firme (es)
• Swedish: orubblig (sv), ståndaktig (sv)