infidel

== English == === Etymology === First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/, /ˈɪn.fəˌdɛl/ === Adjective === infidel (comparative more infidel, superlative most infidel) Rejecting a specific religion. Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief. === Noun === infidel (plural infidels) (now usually derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain religion. One who does not believe in a certain principle. One with no religious beliefs. An openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people. ==== Synonyms ==== unbeliever nonbeliever, non-believer disbeliever (nonbeliever, non-Abrahamic, derogatory): heathen, pagan (Islam): kafir (one with no religious beliefs): atheist ==== Related terms ==== fidelity infidelity infidelly ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === infield, infiled == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [iɱ.fiˈðɛl] === Adjective === infidel m or f (masculine and feminine plural infidels) unfaithful Antonym: fidel ==== Derived terms ==== infidelment ==== Related terms ==== infidelitat === Noun === infidel m or f by sense (plural infidels) infidel === Further reading === “infidel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “infidel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “infidel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “infidel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French infidèle, from Latin infidelis. Equivalent to in- +‎ fidel. === Adjective === infidel m or n (feminine singular infidelă, masculine plural infideli, feminine/neuter plural infidele) unfaithful ==== Declension ====