fides

Meaning

Noun

1. (declension-5) faith, belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation)
2. (declension-5) reliance (act of relying on or trusting)
3. (declension-5) confidence, trust (confidence in or reliance on some person or quality)
4. (declension-5) credit (acceptance of the truth of something said or done)
5. (declension-5) loyalty, fidelity, faith (state of demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something)
6. (declension-5) good faith (good, honest intentions)
7. (declension-5) honesty (act, quality, or condition of being honest)
8. (declension-5) guarantee, promise (an assurance of something to be done)
9. (declension-5) help, assistance

Verb

second-person singular future active indicative of fīdō

Concepts

faith

confidence

trust

belief

guitar

🎸

word of honor

assurance

creed

engagement

fealty

lyre

reliance

tenet

trustworthiness

violin

🎻

protection

allegiance

string

🪢

string instrument

truth

faithfulness

loyalty

expectation

oath

promise

Synonyms

fidiculae

violina

🎻

cithara

fidelitas

spes

probitas

allegiantia

confidentia

iūrāmentum

praestolatio

sacramentum

chorda

Translations

foi

fé

fe

vertrouwen

fiducia

Glaube

inanç

geloof

fede

πίστη

crença

Vertrauen

confiance

κιθάρα

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfɪ.deːs]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).
Cognate to Latin fīdō (“I trust”) and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.