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): (Valencian) [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
Noun edit
sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)
Further reading edit
- “sicofanta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014