sicofante
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.koˈfan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: si‧co‧fàn‧te
Noun
sicofante m (plural sicofanti)
- sycophant, toady; lackey; hireling
- informer, spy
Anagrams
- infocaste, infoscate, sfociante
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sikoˈfante/ [si.koˈfãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: si‧co‧fan‧te
Noun
sicofante m (plural sicofantes)
- Alternative spelling of sicofanta
Further reading
- “sicofante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014