fickle

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
2. (figuratively) Changeable.

Verb

1. (transitive) To deceive, flatter.
2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.

Concepts

inconstant

volage

changeant

versatile

instable

mercurielle

mobile

momentané

passager

vain

variable

vide

vif-argent

erratique

fugitif

lunatique

caprice

volatil

coup de tête

éphémère

mercure

mercuriel

Synonymes

capricious

changeable

inconstant

unsteady

volatile

unstable

mercurial

whimsical

inconsistent

erratic

quicksilver

variable

moody

uncertain

mutable

restless

flippant

frivolous

insincere

unsettled

voluble

crotchety

irresolute

changeful

flighty

vain

caprice

indecisive

picky

freaky

fretful

fussy

shifty

fastidious

double-minded

hesitant

stall

unstable-minded

vagarious

variant

varied

various

varying

waffle

🧇

wanton

wavering

wearied

whiffler

whim

whimsy

Traductions

volúvel

wankelmütig

inconstante

unbeständig

wispelturig

instável

grillig

wechselhaft

incostante

voluble

volubile

capriccioso

flatterhaft

unstet

inconstant

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfɪk.əl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: fikil

Hérité de ancien anglais: ficol

Hérité de moyen anglais: fikelen

Appartenant à bas-allemand: fikkelen

Appartenant à allemand: ficklen

In summary

From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. More at fike.