Definition
An archaic or dialectal spelling of 'felon'; a person who has committed a serious crime, or a painful abscess at the fingertip.
Etymology
An older spelling variant of 'felon,' from Old French 'felon' (meaning cruel or treacherous), ultimately from Latin 'fel' (gall/bitterness). The '-on' ending shifted to '-on' in Middle English.
Kelly Says
Interestingly, 'felon' became a medical term for a painful fingertip infection because people believed it was evil or caused by wickedness—connecting the moral concept of being 'cruel' to actual physical pain!
Translations
CACatalà
traïdor
trai-dor
CSČeština
zrádce
zrah-t-seh
DADansk
forræder
for-red-er
DEDeutsch
Verräter
ver-ra-teh-r
ELΕλληνικά
προδότης
pro-do-tes
ESEspañol
delincuente
deh-lee-n-kwen-teh
FRFrançais
traître
trah-ee-tr
HEעברית
מ trădător
me-tra-dor
IDBahasa Indonesia
pengkhianat
peng-khian-at
ITItaliano
traditore
trah-dee-tore
MSBahasa Melayu
pengkhianat
peng-khian-at
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောကြား
pyaw-ka-kya
NLNederlands
verrader
ver-ra-der
NONorsk
forræder
for-red-er
PLPolski
zdrajca
zdra-y-tsa
PTPortuguês
traidor
trai-dor
RORomână
trădător
tra-do-tor
RUРусский
предатель
pre-da-tel'
SVSvenska
förrædare
for-ra-dare
SWKiswahili
mchawi
m-cha-wi
TAதமிழ்
விசுவாச背叛
vi-shu-va-sa-ba-pa-n
TEతెలుగు
భ్రష్టుడు
bhrush-tu-du
UKУкраїнська
зрадник
zrad-nik
VITiếng Việt
người phản bội
ngoo-ee phan-boi