sicofanta
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
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, 2023
- “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.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sikoˈfanta/ [si.koˈfãn̪.t̪a]
Audio (Argentina) (file) - Rhymes: -anta
- Syllabification: si‧co‧fan‧ta
Further reading
- “sicofanta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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