unfaithful

English

Etymology

From Middle English unfeithful, equivalent to un- +‎ faithful.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unfaithful (comparative more unfaithful, superlative most unfaithful)

1. Not having religious faith.
2. Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
3. Adulterous.
4. Not honest or upright.
5. Negligent or imperfect.

   The painting was an unfaithful rendering of its subject.

6. (translation studies) Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.

Synonyms

• nonfaithful

Derived terms

• unfaithfully
• unfaithfulness

Translations

not having religious faith

• Arabic: كَافِر (kāfir)
• Bulgarian: нерелигиозен (bg) (nereligiozen)
• Catalan: infidel (ca)
• French: infidèle (fr)
• Galician: infiel
• German: ungläubig (de)
• Polish: niewierny (pl)
• Russian: неве́рующий (ru) (nevérujuščij), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
• Spanish: infiel

not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful

• Arabic: خَائِن (ḵāʔin)
• Bulgarian: нелоялен (bg) (nelojalen)
• Catalan: infidel (ca)
• Danish: utro
• Finnish: uskoton (fi)
• French: infidèle (fr)
• Galician: infiel
• Georgian: ორგული (orguli)
• German: untreu (de)
• Latin: infidēlis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utro

  Nynorsk: utru

• Plautdietsch: ontru
• Polish: niewierny (pl)
• Russian: неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
• Spanish: infiel

not honest or upright

• Bulgarian: нечестен (bg) (nečesten)
• German: unaufrichtig (de), unehrlich (de)
• Russian: неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj), нече́стный (ru) (nečéstnyj), неи́скренний (ru) (neískrennij)

of a translation: incorrect

• Bulgarian: неточен (bg) (netočen)
• Catalan: infidel (ca)
• German: nicht getreu
• Polish: niewierny (pl)
• Russian: нето́чный (ru) (netóčnyj), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
• Spanish: infiel

adulterous

• Bulgarian: неверен (bg) (neveren), изневеряващ (bg) (izneverjavašt)
• Greek:

  Ancient: μοιχικός (moikhikós)

• Latin: adulter
• Maori: toukohi, tōkohi, pūremu
• Polish: niewierny (pl)
• Russian: неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
• Uzbek: bevafo (uz)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ontrouw (nl)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} desfidela (io)

References

• “unfaithful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.