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traitor
English
Alternative forms
- traitour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin tr?ditor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?e?t?(?)/
- (US) enPR: tr??t?r, IPA(key): /?t?e?t?/, [?t??e???]
- Homophone: trader (in dialects with flapping)
- Rhymes: -e?t?(?)
Noun
traitor (plural traitors)
- Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished
- Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
- Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.
- Synonyms: betrayer, fink
Translations
See also
- Benedict Arnold
- Quisling
- Judas
Verb
traitor (third-person singular simple present traitors, present participle traitoring, simple past and past participle traitored)
- To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
Translations
Adjective
traitor (comparative more traitor, superlative most traitor)
- traitorous
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Translations
Old French
Alternative forms
- traïtor
Etymology
Adaptation of Latin tr?ditor, tr?ditorem.
Noun
traitor m (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitre, nominative plural traitor)
- traitor
Related terms
- traïson
Descendants
- French: traître
- Norman: traître (Jersey)
- Walloon: traite
- ? Middle English: traytour, traitour, traitor
- English: traitor
- ? Middle Irish: trétúir
- Irish: tréatúir
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin tr?ditor, tr?ditorem.
Noun
traitor m (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitors, nominative plural traitor)
- traitor
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “traditor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 01, page 02
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swike
English
Etymology
From Middle English swiken, from Old English sw?can (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *sw?kwan, from Proto-Germanic *sw?kwan?, *sw?kan? (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swa?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Verb
swike (third-person singular simple present swikes, present participle swiking, simple past swoke, past participle swicken)
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray.
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, blin, cease.
Related terms
- beswike
Adjective
swike (comparative more swike, superlative most swike)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous.
Noun
swike (plural swikes)
- (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.
- (dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
- (dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave.
Anagrams
- Weiks, Wikes, kwise, wikes
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hokkien ????? (súi-ke, “frog”, literally “water; river + fowl; chicken”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?swike]
- Hyphenation: swi?ké
Noun
swiké (first-person possessive swikeku, second-person possessive swikemu, third-person possessive swikenya)
- (cooking) swikee, a frog leg cuisine.
Further reading
- “swike” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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