Meaning

7 senses
  1. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

    My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.

    treu, loyal, anhänglich

    ве́рныйvérnyj, пре́данныйprédannyj

    ві́рнийvírnyj, ві́дданийvíddanyj

  2. Having faith.

    treu, gläubig, glaubenstreu

    ве́рующийvérujuščij

    ві́руючийvírujučyj

  3. Reliable; worthy of trust.

    My servant is very faithful.

    treu, zuverlässig, ergeben

    надёжныйnadjóžnyj, заслу́живающий дове́рияzaslúživajuščij dovérija

  4. Consistent with reality.

    I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.

    genau, übereinstimmend, gewissenhaft

    ве́рныйvérnyj, то́чныйtóčnyj

  5. Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.

    They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.

  6. Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.

  7. Of a module, whose annihilator is zero.

More definitions
  • steadfast in affection or allegiance
  • not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
  • marked by fidelity to an original

Examples

127 sentences
  1. Tom has been a faithful friend.

    Том був вірним другом.

    ruТом был верным другом.

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  2. Dogs are faithful animals.

    Собаки — вірні тварини.

    ruСобаки - верные животные.

    deHunde sind treue Tiere.

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  3. I'm faithful to my wife.

    Я вірний своїй дружині.

    ruЯ верен своей жене.

    deIch bin meiner Frau treu.

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  4. Tom is faithful to Mary.

    Том вірний Мері.

    ruТом верен Мэри.

    deTom ist Mary treu.

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  5. Dogs are faithful.

    Собаки вірні.

    ruСобаки верные.

    deHunde sind treu.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause:
having faith:
Русский
By meaning 4
loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause:
having faith:
reliable; worthy of trust:
consistent with reality:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause:
having faith:
reliable; worthy of trust:
consistent with reality:

Origin

From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful.

From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful.

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Forms

more faithful, most faithful
Comparativemore faithful Lesson
Superlativemost faithful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • marked by fidelity to an original:close

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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