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fides.

faith, loyalty; honesty; credit; confidence, trust, belief; good faith;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfɪ.deːs]Classical-Latin[ˈfiː.des]
  1. faith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation)

    declension-5
    fidēs explicita
    fidēs implicita
  2. reliance (act of relying on or trusting)

    declension-5
  3. confidence; trust (confidence in or reliance on some person or quality)

    declension-5
  4. credit (acceptance of the truth of something said or done)

    declension-5
  5. loyalty; fidelity, faith (state of demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something)

    declension-5
  6. good faith (good, honest intentions)

    declension-5
  7. honesty (act, quality, or condition of being honest)

    declension-5
  8. guarantee; promise (an assurance of something to be done)

    declension-5
  9. help; assistance

    declension-5
Where this word comes from

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

noun[ˈfɪ.deːs]Classical-Latin[ˈfiː.des]
  1. a lyre, lute, harp, or another stringed instrument

    declension-3 · plural · plural-only · poetic · singular
  2. a string of a musical instrument

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Derived from Ancient Greek σφίδη (sphídē).

noun[ˈfɪ.deːs]Classical-Latin[ˈfiː.des]
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fidis

    accusative · form-of · nominative · plural · vocative
Where this word comes from

Derived from Ancient Greek σφίδη (sphídē).

verb[ˈfiː.deːs]Classical-Latin[ˈfiː.des]
  1. second-person singular future active indicative of fīdō (“to trust; to put confidence in”)

    active · form-of · future · indicative · second-person · singular
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