phony

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

Noun

1. (informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
2. (informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
3. (informal) Anything fraudulent or fake.

Verb

To fake.

Concepts

faux

charlatan

frauduleux

hypocrite

mystificateur

poseur

falsifié

usurpatrice

baisé

bidouillé

prophète

trompeur

niqué

faussaire

guignol

maquillé

trafiqué

truqué

usurpateur

à la noix

contrefait

faux-nez

fichu

foutu

à la gomme

Synonymes

fake

phoney

bogus

fraud

counterfeit

artificial

false

pretender

hypocrite

charlatan

dissembler

dissimulator

impostor

cheater

spurious

mountebank

bastard

pretense

quack

ringer

scammer

self-styled

sham

shark

🦈

soi-disant

spiv

swindler

trumped-up

two-faced

two-timer

unreal

utterer

weasel

welcher

welsher

shammer

ganef

sandbagger

clip artist

ganof

gonif

goniff

sharpy

hucksterish

cheat

con man

copy

deceiving

deception

fabricated

Traductions

falso

unecht

falsch

onecht

hipócrita

engaño

düzme

dissimulatore

ipocrita

fasullo

falso

vals

finto

nagemaakt

kalp

❤️

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfoʊni/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”).