unfaithful

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ faithful

Adjective

unfaithful (comparative more unfaithful, superlative most unfaithful)

Not having religious faith.
Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
Adulterous.
Not honest or upright.
Negligent or imperfect.
The painting was an unfaithful rendering of its subject.
(translation studies) Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.

Derived terms

unfaithfully
unfaithfulness

Translations

not having religious faith

Arabic: كَافِر‎ (kāfir)
Catalan: infidel (ca)
French: infidèle (fr)
Galician: infiel m or f

German: ungläubig (de)
Russian: неве́рующий (ru) (nevérujuščij), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
Spanish: infiel

not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful

Arabic: خَائِن‎ (ḵāʾin)
Catalan: infidel (ca)
French: infidèle (fr)
Galician: infiel m or f
Georgian: ორგული (orguli)
German: untreu (de)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: utro
Nynorsk: utru
Russian: неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
Spanish: infiel

not honest or upright

German: unaufrichtig (de)

Russian: неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj), нече́стный (ru) (nečéstnyj), неи́скренний (ru) (neískrennij)

of a translation: incorrect

Catalan: infidel (ca)
German: nicht getreu

Russian: нето́чный (ru) (netóčnyj), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)
Spanish: infiel

adulterous

Maori: toukohi, tōkohi, pūremu

Russian: неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ontrouw (nl)

Ido: ^{(please verify)} desfidela (io)

References

unfaithful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.