Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)In good faith; genuinely, sincerely.

    auf Treu und Glauben, guten Glaubens, in gutem Glauben

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He's a bona fide coffee connoisseur.

  2. Though some have been claiming ownership of extraterrestrial land, to include the Moon, are these claims bona fide?

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
done in good faith; genuinely; sincerely:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).

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