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faith¹
- /feɪθ/
Rhymes with -eɪθ
Where it comes from
From Middle English faith (also fay), borrowed from Old French fei, feid, from Latin fidem. Doublet of foy. Displaced native Old English ġelēafa, which was also a word for belief.
* Old French had [θ] as a final devoiced allophone of /ð/ from lenited Latin /d/; this eventually fell silent in the 12th century. The -th of the Middle English forms is most straightforwardly accounted for as a direct borrowing of a French [θ]. However, it has also been seen as arising from alteration of a French form with -d under influence of English abstract nouns in the suffix -th (e.g., truth, ruth, health, etc.), or as a recharacterization of a French form like fay, fey, fei with the same suffix. Compare Champenois fiate, fiaite, showing the same preservation of the final consonant.
noun faiths · feith · feithe · fayth · faythe · faithe
- A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence. The faithfulness of Old Faithful gives us faith in it.
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A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
Similar: belief, confidence, trust, conviction
- A religious or spiritual belief system. The Christian faith.
- An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation. He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
- Credibility or truth. 1784-1810, William Mitford, History of Greece the faith of the foregoing […] narrative
Similar: system of religious belief
adverb feith · feithe · fayth · faythe · faithe
- Alternative form of in faith (“really, truly”). “How wonderfully,” said Vincent, “your city dignities unloose the tongue: directly a man has been a mayor, he thinks himself qualified for a Tully at least. Faith, Venables asked me one day, what was the Latin for spouting? and I told him, ‘hippomanes, or a raging humour in mayors.’”
interjection feith · feithe · fayth · faythe · faithe
- Ellipsis of by my faith
Faith²
proper noun Faiths
- A female given name from English. "Now, I was called Faith after the cardinal virtue; and I like my name, though many people would think it too Puritan; that was according to our gentle mother's pious desire.
- A surname, also used as a stage name.
- An unincorporated community in Norman County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Miller County, Missouri.
- A town in Rowan County, North Carolina.
- A minor city in Meade County, South Dakota.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: trust, religion, religious belief, believe, credence, believing, trusting, credit, trustworthiness, trusted, credibility, belief, reliance, authentic, fidelity, truth
noun
Similar: system of religious belief
Translations
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noun confidence in the intentions or abilities
| Español | confianza, fe |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 信心 xìnxīn |
| Português | fé |
| Français | foi, confiance |
| Deutsch | Vertrauen |
| Italiano | fiducia |
| Русский | ве́ра véra, уве́ренность uvérennostʹ |
noun feeling that something is true
| Español | fe |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 믿음 mideum, 신앙 sinang |
| 日本語 | 信頼 shinrai, 信奉 shinpō, 信仰 shinkō, 信念 shinnen, 信教 shinkyō, 信義 shingi |
| 中文 | 信念 xìnniàn, 信心 xìnxīn, 信賴 /信赖 xìnlài |
| हिन्दी | आस्था āsthā, धारणा dhārṇā, ईमान īmān, यक़ीन yaqīn, विश्वास viśvās, श्रद्धा śraddhā |
| Kiswahili | imani |
| Português | fé |
| Français | foi |
| Deutsch | Glaube |
| Italiano | fede, fiducia |
| Ελληνικά | πίστη písti |
| Română | credință |
| Русский | ве́ра véra |
| Tiếng Việt | tín ngưỡng, tin, tin tưởng |
| العربية | إِيمَان ʔīmān, مُعْتَقَد muʕtaqad, اِعْتِقَاد iʕtiqād |
| עברית | אֱמוּנָה emuná, אֵמוּן emún |
noun religious belief system
| Español | fe |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신앙 sinang |
| 日本語 | 信仰 shinkō |
| 中文 | 信仰 xìnyǎng |
| हिन्दी | धर्म dharm |
| Português | fé |
| Français | foi |
| Deutsch | Glaube |
| Italiano | fede |
| Русский | ве́ра véra, вероиспове́дание veroispovédanije, конфе́ссия konféssija, испове́дание ispovédanije |
| العربية | إِيمَان ʔīmān, دِين dīn |
| עברית | דָּת dat |
name city
| 中文 | 費斯 /费斯 Fèisī |
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title = {faith},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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