sicofanta
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [si.kuˈfan.tə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [si.koˈfan.tə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [si.koˈfan.ta]
Noun
[edit]sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantes)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sicofanta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sicofanta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sicofanta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sicofanta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sicofanta m (plural sicofanti)
- (literary) Obsolete form of sicofante.
- [a. 1686, Francesco Fulvio Frugoni, “Racconto undecimo [Eleventh tale]”, in Il cane di Diogene [The dog of Diogenes][1], volume 6, Venice: Antonio Bosio, published 1687, Dialogo XXVI, page 233:
- Sicophanta vuol’anche dir rubator di fichi
- [Sicofanta vuol anche dir rubator di fichi]
- Sycophant also means “fig-stealer”]
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
- Hyphenation: si‧co‧fan‧ta
Noun
[edit]sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sikoˈfanta/ [si.koˈfãn̪.t̪a]
Audio (Argentina): (file) - Rhymes: -anta
- Syllabification: si‧co‧fan‧ta
Noun
[edit]sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)
Further reading
[edit]- “sicofanta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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