sicofanta

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [si.kuˈfan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [si.koˈfan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [si.koˈfan.ta]

Noun

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantes)

1. sycophant

Derived terms

• sicofància

Further reading

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.koˈfan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: si‧co‧fàn‧ta

Noun

sicofanta m (plural sicofanti)

1. (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

• infoscata

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.koˈfɐ̃.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.koˈfɐ̃.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.koˈfɐ̃.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.kuˈfɐ̃.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: si‧co‧fan‧ta

Noun

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)

1. sycophant

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sikoˈfanta/ [si.koˈfãn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: si‧co‧fan‧ta

Noun

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)

1. sycophant

Further reading

• “sicofanta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28