noun · countable / uncountable · rare

fidelity

fi·del·i·ty

fidelity · fidelities

вірність

качество, лояльность, точность, верность

Treue, Genauigkeit, Redlichkeit

Often followed by to or towards: faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group,…Often followed by to or towards: faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group, one's civic or moral duties, etc.; allegiance; (countable) an instance of this.

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UK/fɪˈdɛlɪti/US/fɪˈdɛləti/

» It's not the fidelity that bothers him.

Его беспокоит вовсе не преданность.

Его беспокоит вовсе не точность.

Meaning

8 senses

(uncountable)Often followed by to or towards: faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group, one's civic or moral duties, etc.; allegiance; (countable) an instance of this.
the fidelity of the civil servants to their country
Often followed by to or towards: faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group, one's civic or moral duties, etc.; allegiance; (countable) an instance of this.
(countable, uncountable)Faithfulness or loyalty to one's partner or spouse, including restraint from romantic or sexual relationships with third parties.
Treue
лоя́льностьlojálʹnostʹ
ві́рністьvírnistʹ
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Accuracy, or exact correspondence, to some given fact or quality; exactness.
Genauigkeit
то́чностьtóčnostʹ
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The closeness of association between an organism and a plant community.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Chiefly in high fidelity, low fidelity, etc.: the degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input such as an image or sound.
ка́чествоkáčestvo
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
Often followed by to or towards: faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group, one's civic or moral duties, etc.; allegiance; (countable) an instance of this.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Faithfulness to God and one's religion.
Near-synonym: faith
(countable, obsolete)In by one's fidelity, to break fidelity, to give fidelity, etc.: one's pledge or promise to act in good faith; an oath, a word of honour.
(obsolete, uncountable)Of a person: honesty, trustworthiness; (countable) an instance of this.

Examples

10 sentences

It's not the fidelity that bothers him.
ruЕго беспокоит вовсе не преданность.
CC BY · Tatoeba · papabear · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
What bothers him is not the fidelity.
CC BY · Tatoeba · papabear · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The composer's phenomenal music is best listened with high-fidelity headphones.
CC BY · Tatoeba · DostKaplan · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Take this ring as a token of my love and fidelity.
deNimm diesen Ring als Zeichen meiner Liebe und Treue.
CC BY · Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
When it comes to fidelity, Tom hasn't got a good track record.
CC BY · Tatoeba · patgfisher · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group, one’s civic or moral duties, etc.; an instance of this:

Русский

By meaning 4

faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group, one’s civic or moral duties, etc.; an instance of this:

faithfulness or loyalty to one’s partner or spouse:

accuracy, or exact correspondence, to some given fact or quality — see also exactness:

degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

faithfulness or loyalty towards a person, a group, one’s civic or moral duties, etc.; an instance of this:

faithfulness or loyalty to one’s partner or spouse:

accuracy, or exact correspondence, to some given fact or quality — see also exactness:

Origin

From Late Middle English fidelite (“allegiance, fealty; faithfulness, trust; agreement mad

From Late Middle English fidelite (“allegiance, fealty; faithfulness, trust; agreement made in good faith”), from Old French fidélité (“faithfulness, fidelity”) (modern French fidélité), from Latin fidēlitās (“faithfulness, fidelity”), from fidēlis (“dependable, trustworthy; faithful, loyal”) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns denoting a state of being). Fidēlis is derived from fidēs (“belief, faith; confidence, trust; loyalty, fidelity; etc.”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, the zero-grade of *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”) (whence English bide)) + -ēlis (a variant of -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Doublet of fealty.

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