quacksalver

Signification (Anglais)

One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.

Concepts

charlatan

médicastre

rebouteur

marchand d'orviétan

Synonymes

charlatan

quack

mountebank

fake doctor

simulator

trickster

imposter

quack doctor

pretender

Traductions

Quacksalber

ciarlatano

charlatán

curandero

kwakzalver

ψευτογιατρός

medicastro

charlatão

curandero

medicastro

Kurpfuscher

αλμπάνης

κομπογιαννίτης

τσαρλατάνος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkwæksælvə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: zalf

In summary

From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).