sycophante
French, noun\si.kɔ.fɑ̃t\
sycophante is spelled S-Y-C-O-P-H-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sycophante is a French masculine noun meaning “informer (for money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans l’Athènes antique, délateur professionnel, Athénien mettant en accusation ses concitoyens devant le…”.
What does sycophante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinformer (for money)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans l’Athènes antique, délateur professionnel, Athénien mettant en accusation ses concitoyens devant le tribunal populaire de l’Héliée en vue de s’enrichir. 2. Fourbe, menteur, délateur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sycophante
- sycophantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sycophante?
- \si.kɔ.fɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sycophante in French?
sycophante appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).