sicofanta

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [si.kuˈfan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [si.koˈfan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [si.koˈfan.ta]

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantes)

1. sycophant

• sicofància

• “sicofanta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sicofanta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

• IPA^(key): /si.koˈfan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: si‧co‧fàn‧ta

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]‎^[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”]

• infoscata

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

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: si‧co‧fan‧ta

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)

1. sycophant

• sicofante

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

• IPA^(key): /sikoˈfanta/ [si.koˈfãn̪.t̪a]

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

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)

1. sycophant

• “sicofanta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024