finto

Meaning

Adj

1. false; fake; intended to mislead or distract
2. insincere; feigned
3. hypocritical
4. artificial
5. (relational) imitation

Noun

hypocrite

Verb

past participle of fingere

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of fintare

Concepts

false

artificial

mock

pretended

phoney

sham

hypocrite

imitation

two faced

dissembler

phony

pretender

dissimulator

bogus

ersatz

assumed

pinchbeck

prosthetic

pseudo

seeming

disguised

Synonyms

posticcio

ipocrita

dissimulatore

simulato

affettato

artificiale

commediante

derisione

irreale

ostentato

simulatore

fingitore

artefatte

apparente

chietino

falso

fariseo

tartufo

Translations

falsch

faux

hypocrite

fingido

unecht

artificial

artificiel

sahte

postizo

onecht

factice

artificial

simulé

πλαστός

Hyphenated as

fìn‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfin.to/

Etymology

From Latin fictus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *finctus, with a nasal infix. Compare French feint, Lombard fint and Piedmontese fint.