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Translate sycophant from English to French

Summary

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sycophant:
- Wiktionary:
  sycophant → flagorneur, lèche-bottes
  sycophant → obséquieux
  sycophant → lèche-bottes
- Synonyms for "sycophant":
  toady; crawler; lackey; flatterer; adulator

English

Detailed Translations for sycophant from English to French

sycophant:

Translation Matrix for sycophant:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ass-kisser; crawler; lackey; toady
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	toady

Synonyms for "sycophant":

toady; crawler; lackey; flatterer; adulator

Related Definitions for "sycophant":

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage¹

Wiktionary Translations for sycophant:

sycophant

noun

one who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another person.
- sycophant → flagorneur

sycophant

noun

Celui, celle qui flatter bassement, outrageusement.
- flagorneur → sycophant
populaire|fr Personne servile envers ses supérieurs ou flattant les gens ayant du pouvoir.
- lèche-bottes → bootlicker; crawler; brown noser; sycophant

adjective

Qui porter à l’excès les témoignages de respect, les égards, la complaisance, les attentions, par servilité ou hypocrisie.
- obséquieux → fawning; obsequious; sycophant

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• sycophant	→ lèche-bottes	↔ Schleimer — (umgangssprachlich) abwertend: Person, die jemandem in übertriebener Weise Komplimente macht

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