Traitor — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

someone who betrays his country by committing treason

a person who says one thing and does another

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈeɪɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈeɪtə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈeɪtə/

2 syllables Say it as /tɹˈeɪɾɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

double-crosser treasonist betrayer double-dealer two-timer

Word Forms

traitorous	adjective	having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
treason	noun	disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
double cross	verb	betray by double-dealing
betray	verb	cause someone to believe an untruth

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verräter

jemand, der sein Land verrät, indem er Hochverrat begeht

🇫🇷French

traître

quelqu'un qui trahit son pays en commettant une trahison

🇪🇸Spanish

traidor

alguien que traiciona a su país cometiendo traición

🇮🇹Italian

traditore

qualcuno che tradisce il suo paese commettendo tradimento

🇳🇱Dutch

verrader

iemand die zijn land verraadt door verraad te plegen

🇵🇹Portuguese

traidor

alguém que trai seu país cometendo traição

🇷🇺Russian

предатель

тот, кто предает свою страну, совершив измену

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गद्दार

कोई व्यक्ति जो देशद्रोह करके अपने देश के साथ गद्दारी करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বিশ্বাসঘাতক

যে দেশদ্রোহিতা করে তার দেশের সাথে বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করে

🇮🇳Tamil

துரோகி

தேசத்துரோகம் செய்து தன் நாட்டுக்கு துரோகம் செய்பவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

ద్రోహి

దేశద్రోహం చేయడం ద్వారా తన దేశానికి ద్రోహం చేసే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

देशद्रोही

जो देशद्रोह करून आपल्या देशाचा विश्वासघात करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

દેશદ્રોહી

કોઈ વ્યક્તિ જે રાજદ્રોહ કરીને તેના દેશ સાથે દગો કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ದೇಶದ್ರೋಹಿ

ದೇಶದ್ರೋಹ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ತನ್ನ ದೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ದ್ರೋಹ ಮಾಡುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

രാജ്യദ്രോഹി

രാജ്യദ്രോഹം ചെയ്തുകൊണ്ട് തൻ്റെ രാജ്യത്തെ ഒറ്റിക്കൊടുക്കുന്ന ഒരാൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੱਦਾਰ

ਕੋਈ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਦੇਸ਼ਧ੍ਰੋਹ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਧੋਖਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

غدار

جو اپنے ملک سے غداری کر کے غداری کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

叛徒

犯下叛国罪而背叛国家的人

🇯🇵Japanese

裏切り者

反逆罪を犯して国を裏切る人

🇰🇷Korean

배신자

반역죄로 조국을 배반한 자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kẻ phản bội

một người phản bội đất nước của mình bằng cách phạm tội phản quốc

🇹🇭Thai

คนทรยศ

คนที่ทรยศต่อประเทศชาติด้วยการทรยศ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengkhianat

seseorang yang mengkhianati negaranya dengan melakukan makar

🇵🇭Filipino

taksil

isang taong nagtataksil sa kanyang bansa sa pamamagitan ng pagtataksil

🇲🇾Malay

pengkhianat

seseorang yang mengkhianati negaranya dengan melakukan pengkhianatan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خائن

شخص يخون وطنه بارتكاب الخيانة

🇮🇷Persian

خائن

کسی که با خیانت به کشورش خیانت می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

hain

vatana ihanet ederek ülkesine ihanet eden biri

🇮🇱Hebrew

בּוֹגֵד

מישהו שבוגד במדינתו על ידי ביצוע בגידה

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