Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French traïtor (French: traître), from Latin traditor.
Pronunciation
Noun
traitor (plural traitors)
- One who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
- Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.
Translations
One who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country
- Arabic: خائن (ar) (khaa'in) m
- Armenian: դավաճան (hy) (davač̣an)
- Catalan: traïdor (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 叛徒 (cmn) (pàntú), 賣國賊 (cmn), 卖国贼 (cmn) (màiguózéi), 背叛者 (cmn) (bèipànzhě), 國賊 (cmn), 国贼 (cmn) (guózéi)
- Czech: zrádce (cs) m
- Dutch: verrader (nl) m, verraadster (nl) f, overloper (nl) m
- Esperanto: perfidulo (eo)
- Finnish: maanpetturi (fi), petturi (fi)
- French: traitre (fr)
- Georgian: მოღალატე (ka) (moǧalate)
- German: Verräter (de) m, Verräterin (de) f
- Greek: προδότης (el) (prodótis) m, δοσίλογος (el) (dosíloγos) m
- Haitian Creole: trèt
- Hungarian: áruló (hu)
- Italian: traditore (it), voltagabbana (it), banderuola (it), giravolta (it)
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- Japanese: 売国奴 (ja) (baikokudo), 非国民 (ja) (hikokumin), 国賊 (ja) (こくぞく, kokuzoku), 国賊 (ja) (こくぞく, kokuzoku), 反逆者 (ja) (はんぎゃくしゃ, hangyakusha)
- Korean: 친일파 (ko), 매국노 (ko)
- Latin: traditor (la)
- Macedonian: предавник (mk) (prédavnik) m, издајник (mk) (ízdajnik) m
- Maori: kaikaiwaiū (mi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: landssviker (no) m, landsforræder (no) m
- Nynorsk: landssvikar (nn) m
- Persian: خائن (fa) (xâ'en)
- Polish: zdrajca (pl) m
- Portuguese: traidor (pt), traidora (pt) f
- Romanian: trădător (ro)
- Russian: предатель (ru) (predátel') m, изменник (ru) (izménnik) m
- Serbo-Croatian: ìzdājnīk (sh) m, ìzdājnica (sh) f
- Slovene: izdajalec (sl) m, izdajalka (sl) f
- Spanish: traidor (es) m, traidora (es) f
- Swedish: landsförrädare (sv) c, quisling (sv) c
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See also
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
- traitorous.
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