phoney
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pho·ney
(fō′nē)adj. & n.
Variant of phony.
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phoney
(ˈfəʊnɪ) orphony
adj, -nier or -niest
1. not genuine; fake
2. (of a person) insincere or pretentious
n, pl -neys or -nies
3. an insincere or pretentious person
4. something that is not genuine; a fake
[C20: origin uncertain]
ˈphoneyness, ˈphoniness n
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Noun | 1. | phoney - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true Tartufe, Tartuffe - a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous |
Adj. | 1. | phoney - fraudulent; having a misleading appearance counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
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phoney
(Informal)adjective
noun
1. faker, fraud, fake, pretender, humbug, impostor, pseud (informal) He was a liar, a cheat, and a phoney.
2. fake, sham, forgery, counterfeit This passport is a phoney.
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phony
also phoneyadjective
1. Fraudulently or deceptively imitative:
2. Not genuine or sincere:
3. Of or practicing hypocrisy:
1. A fraudulent imitation:
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Translations
lažen
phoney
phony (US also) [ˈfəʊnɪ]A. ADJ [moustache] → falso, postizo; [name, document, smile] → falso; [accent] → fingido
there's sth phoney about it → esto huele a camelo
the phoney war (1939) → la guerra ilusoria
there's sth phoney about it → esto huele a camelo
the phoney war (1939) → la guerra ilusoria
B. N (phoneys (pl)) (= person) → farsante mf; (= thing) → falsificación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
phoney
[ˈfəʊni]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
phoney
(inf)adj
(= fake, pretentious) → unecht; excuse, deal, peace → faul (inf); name, accent → falsch; passport, money → gefälscht; story, report → erfunden; a phoney doctor → ein Scharlatan m; a phoney policeman → ein zwielichtiger Polizist; a phoney company → eine Schwindelfirma; a phoney war → kein echter Krieg; he’s so phoney → der ist doch nicht echt (inf); there’s something phoney about it → da ist was faul dran (inf)
n (= thing) → Fälschung f; (= banknote also) → Blüte f (inf); (= bogus policeman etc) → Schwindler(in) m(f); (= doctor) → Scharlatan m; (= pretentious person) → Angeber(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
phoney
[ˈfəʊnɪ] (fam)1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → falso/a, fasullo/a; (accent) → fasullo/a
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