FromMiddle Englishstedefast, fromOld Englishstedefæst, fromProto-Germanic*stadifastuz, equivalent tostead(“place; spot; position”) +fast(“firm; fixed”). Cognate withMiddle Dutchstedevast(“steadfast”),Icelandicstaðfestur(“steadfast”),Danishstedfast(“firmly attached, secured”),Danishstadfæste(“to confirm; ratify”),Norwegian Bokmålstadfeste(“confirm, ratify; establish”),Swedishstadfästa(“to confirm; establish”).
steadfast (comparativesteadfasterormoresteadfast,superlativesteadfastestormoststeadfast)
- Fixed or unchanging;steady.
- Firmlyloyal orconstant; unswerving.
- Antonym:infirm
steadfast support
steadfast commitment
fixed or unchanging; steady
- Arabic:ثابت (ar)(ṯābit)
- Bulgarian:неподвижен (bg)(nepodvižen),устойчив (bg)(ustojčiv)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:堅定嘅 /坚定嘅(gin1 ding6 ge3)
- Dutch:standvastig (nl)
- Finnish:luja (fi),vakaa (fi)
- French:déterminé (fr) m
- Galician:firme (gl)
- German:unentwegt (de),standhaft (de)
- Gothic:𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌿𐍃(tulgus)
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek:βέβαιος(bébaios),καρτερός(karterós)
- Irish:diongbháilte,buanseasmhach
- Italian:saldo (it) m
- Latin:firmus,obnīxus,fidus,constans (la)
- Lithuanian:nepajudinamas m
- Māori:titikaha,tōmau,pūmau
- Middle English:stedefast
- Navajo:yíníłdzil
- Norwegian:stødig
- Bokmål:vedvarende (no),stadig (no)
- Occitan:fèrm (oc)
- Persian:ثابت (fa)(sâbet)
- Polish:niezachwiany (pl),niezłomny (pl)
- Portuguese:firme (pt),constante (pt)
- Russian:усто́йчивый (ru)(ustójčivyj),непоколеби́мый (ru)(nepokolebímyj),сто́йкий (ru)(stójkij)
- Sanskrit:दृढ (sa)(dṛḍha)
- Spanish:firme (es),fijo (es)
- Swedish:stadig (sv),stabil (sv)
- Turkish:daimî (tr),değişmez (tr),sabit (tr),sürekli (tr)
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firmly loyal or constant; unswerving
—see alsoresolute- Bulgarian:предан (bg)(predan)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:忠實嘅 /忠实嘅(zung1 sat6 ge3),忠誠嘅 /忠诚嘅(zung1 sing4 ge3)
- Mandarin:忠實 /忠实 (zh)(zhōngshí),堅定不移 /坚定不移 (zh)(jiāndìngbùyí)
- Dutch:standvastig (nl)
- Finnish:järkkymätön (fi),vankkumaton (fi)
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek:ἀστραβής(astrabḗs),τλήμων(tlḗmōn)
- Hungarian:állhatatos (hu)
- Irish:diongbháilte,buanseasmhach
- Latin:firmus
- Māori:titikaha,tōmau,kiriūka,horopū,tōmau
- Middle English:stedefast
- Norwegian:stødig,traust
- Polish:oddany (pl)
- Portuguese:firme (pt),inabalável (pt)
- Russian:пре́данный (ru)(prédannyj),ве́рный (ru)(vérnyj)
- Spanish:firme (es),inquebrantable (es),constable (es)(desus.)
- Swedish:orubblig (sv),ståndaktig (sv)
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