infido

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnfīdus. By surface analysis, in- (“un-, not”) +‎ fido (“faithful, loyal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfi.do/
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: in‧fì‧do

Adjective

infido (feminine infida, masculine plural infidi, feminine plural infide)

1. treacherous, unreliable, untrustworthy

   Synonyms: inaffidabile, malfido

   Antonyms: affidabile, fidato, fido, sicuro

2. (figurative) unsafe, unreliable, treacherous (of things)

   Synonyms: insidioso, malsicuro, pericoloso, rischioso

   Antonyms: sicuro, tranquillo

3. (by extension, poetic) ominous
4. (literary) unfaithful

   Synonyms: infedele, traditore

5. (literary, poetic, obsolete, rare) infidel, specfically non-Christian

Derived terms

• infidamente

Related terms

• fido
• infedele
• infedeltà

 

Anagrams

• fidino, fiondi

Latin

Adjective

īnfīdō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfīdus