Meaning

4 senses
  1. (derogatory, usually)One who does not believe in a certain religion.

    a person who does not acknowledge your god

  2. (derogatory, usually)One who does not believe in a certain principle.

  3. (derogatory, usually)One with no religious beliefs.

  4. (derogatory, usually)An openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people.

    Ungläubiger, Ungläubige

    неве́рныйnevérnyj, неве́рующийnevérujuščij, инове́рецinovérec

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Woe to infidels.

    Горе невірним! — aandrusiak

    ruГоре неверным! — glavkos

    deWehe den Ungläubigen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. An infidel's greatest defeat is ending up in paradise.

  3. I'm not an infidel.

  4. The word "infidel" comes from Latin.

  5. Why does the Quran say that infidels should be killed?

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
non-believer:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
non-believer:

Origin

First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), fro

First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.

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Forms

plural: infidels
Singularinfidel
Pluralinfidels

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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