# bona fide
## English
### Alternative forms

* bonâ fide (rare)
* bona fyde (obsolete)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌbəʊ.nəˈfaɪ.di/
* (US) IPA: /ˈboʊnə.faɪd/, /ˌboʊnəˈfaɪdi/, /ˈbɑnə.faɪd/, /ˈboʊnəˌfiːdeɪ/
* (Canada) IPA: /ˈboʊnə.faɪd/
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#### Usage notes

The pronunciation /ˈboʊnə.faɪd/ is the most common one in the US and therefore listed first in American dictionaries, including American Heritage, Merriam-Webster, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, and the American version of Collins.

### Adverb

bona fide (not comparable)
* In good faith; genuinely, sincerely.
    Synonym: (nonstandard) bonafidely
** 1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter X, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, pages 29–30:But by the knots I am speaking of, may it please your reverences to believe, that I mean good, honest, devilish tight, hard knots, made bona fide, as Obadiah made his; […]
** 1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, section XII:Let thinking people, then, judge what must be the fate of a church, whose fundamental doctrines are disbelieved by men of sense and inquiry, whose articles are well known not to be subscribed bonâ fide by those who officiate in it […] .

#### Translations
### Adjective

bona fide (not comparable)
* In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive.
    Synonym: sincere
    Antonym: mala fide
    Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy.
** 1899, Thorstein Veblen, “Devout Observances”, in The Theory of the Leisure Class […] ‎, New York: Macmillan, →OCLC:It is impossible to say how far this adherence to a creed is a bona fide reversion to a devout habit of mind, and how far it is to be classed as a case of protective mimicry assumed for the purpose of an outward assimilation to canons of reputability borrowed from foreign ideals.
* Genuine; not counterfeit.
    Synonyms: authentic, genuine
    Antonyms: bogus, counterfeit
    This is a bona fide Roman coin.
** 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:To Billy Byrne, then, Pesita was a real general, and Billy, himself, a bona fide captain.
** 1955 June 30, “Ersatzes for Ersatzes”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎, volume 47, number 182:What intrigues us is what will happen when the ersatzes for the ersatzes come along. Will characters start substituting for actors, bona fide dogs for barking ladies; will people start looking at people again instead of television and at nature instead of at documentaries?
** 2000, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou?‎:Ulysses Everett McGill: I am the only daddy you got! I’m the damn pater familias! Wharvey Gal: But you ain’t bona fide!

#### Usage notes

Sometimes misspelled as *bonafied, by incorrectly analyzing as the past participle of assumed *bonafy.

#### Derived terms

* bonafidely

#### Translations
### See also

* bona fides
* mala fide

### References

* ↑ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
* ↑ Bonafied / Bona Fide, Paul Brians

## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbona ˈfɪdɛ]

### Phrase

bona fide
* bona fide (in good faith)

### Further reading

* “bona fide”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “bona fide”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989