English Explanatory Dictionary

infidel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Rejecting a specific religion.
  2. Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
noun
  1. One who does not believe in a certain religion.
  2. One who does not believe in a certain principle.
  3. One with no religious beliefs.
  4. An openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/ /ˈɪn.fəˌdɛl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infidel.wav

Word forms

infidel more infidel most infidel infidels

Etymology

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

Synonyms

unbeliever nonbeliever non-believer disbeliever kafir akum non-Abrahamic atheist

Related words

fidelity infidelity infidelly

Translations

Albanian: pafe Arabic: كَافِر Arabic: كَافِرَة Azerbaijani: kafir Azerbaijani: gavur Bashkir: кафыр Bengali: কাফির Bulgarian: неверник Catalan: infidel Chinese Mandarin: 不信者 Czech: nevěřící Danish: vantro Dutch: ongelovige Esperanto: malkredulo Faroese: vantrúgvandi Faroese: vantrúgvin Finnish: vääräuskoinen Finnish: pakana Finnish: uskoton French: infidèle French: incroyant French: mécréant German: Ungläubiger German: Ungläubige Greek: άπιστος Ancient Greek: ἄπιστος Hebrew: כּוֹפֵר Hebrew: אֶפִּיקוֹרֶס Hebrew: אֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס Hindi: नास्तिक Hindi: काफ़िर Indonesian: kafir Indonesian: keparat Irish: neamhchreidmheach Irish: ainchreidmheach Irish: díchreidmheach Italian: infedele Japanese: 不信者 Kazakh: кәпір Korean: 불신자 Central Kurdish: گاور Central Kurdish: کافر Northern Kurdish: gawir Northern Kurdish: kafir Kyrgyz: каапыр Latin: īnfidēlis Malay: kafir Manx: anchredjaltagh Manx: anchreestee Māori: kaiwhakaponokore Pashto: کافر Persian: کافر Polish: niewierny Portuguese: infiel Romanian: necredincios Russian: неве́рный Russian: неве́рующий Russian: инове́рец Sanskrit: धन्य Sanskrit: पाषण्ड
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