sicofanta

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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

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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.
    • , 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”]

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

  • 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/
  • Audio (Argentina):(file)
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: si‧co‧fan‧ta

Noun

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)

  1. sycophant

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