steadfast

English

Alternative forms

• stedfast (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastuz, equivalent to stead (“place; spot; position”) +‎ fast (“firm; fixed”). Cognate with Middle Dutch stedevast (“steadfast”), Icelandic staðfestur (“steadfast”), Danish stedfast (“firmly attached, secured”), Danish stadfæste (“to confirm; ratify”), Norwegian Nynorsk stadfesta (“confirm, ratify; establish”), Swedish stadfästa (“to confirm; establish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛdfɑːst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛdfæst/
• IPA^(key): (obsolete) /ˈstɛdfəst/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

steadfast (comparative steadfaster or more steadfast, superlative steadfastest or most steadfast)

1. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
2. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

   Antonym: infirm

   steadfast support

   steadfast commitment

Derived terms

• oversteadfast
• steadfastly
• steadfastness
• unsteadfast

Translations

fixed or unchanging; steady — see also firm,‎ fixed

• 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)
• Swedish: stadig (sv), stabil (sv)
• Turkish: daimî (tr), değişmez (tr), sabit (tr), sürekli (tr)

firmly loyal or constant; unswerving — see also resolute,‎ firm,‎ unbreakable

• Bulgarian: предан (bg) (predan), ве́рен (bg) (véren), всеотда́ен (bg) (vseotdáen)
• 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, certus
• 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: constable (es), empecinado (es)
• Swedish: orubblig (sv), ståndaktig (sv)