sicofanta

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantes)

  1. sycophant

Derived terms

Further reading

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], 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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)

  1. sycophant

Further reading

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