charlatan

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano (“quack”), a blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑɹlətən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːlətən/ Hyphenation: char‧la‧tan === Noun === charlatan (plural charlatans) (obsolete) A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs. A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit. Synonyms: trickster, swindler, scammer; see also Thesaurus:deceiver ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== charlatanism charlatanry ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French charlatan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑr.laːˈtɑn/, /ˈʃɑr.laː.tɑn/ === Noun === charlatan m (plural charlatans, diminutive charlatannetje n) charlatan Synonyms: bedrieger, oplichter == French == === Etymology === From Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano. Pejorative meaning first recorded 1668. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.la.tɑ̃/ === Noun === charlatan m (plural charlatans, feminine charlatane) (dated) a streetseller of medicines a charlatan (trickster) a quack ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: charlatan → German: Scharlatan→ Czech: šarlatán→ Hungarian: sarlatán → Turkish: şarlatan → Persian: شارلاطان (šârlâtân), شارلاتان (šârlâtân) → Romanian: șarlatan → Serbo-Croatian: šarlatan → Swedish: charlatan → Russian: шарлатан (šarlatan)→ Armenian: շառլատան (šaṙlatan) === Further reading === “charlatan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Italian ciarlatano. === Noun === charlatan m (plural charlatans) a street-seller of medicines ==== Descendants ==== French: charlatan→ Dutch: charlatan→ German: Scharlatan→ Czech: šarlatán→ Hungarian: sarlatán→ Turkish: şarlatan→ Persian: شارلاطان (šârlâtân), شارلاتان (šârlâtân)→ Romanian: șarlatan→ Serbo-Croatian: šarlatan→ Swedish: charlatan→ Russian: шарлатан (šarlatan)→ Armenian: շառլատան (šaṙlatan) → English: charlatan == Swedish == === Etymology === From French charlatan. Cognate of English charlatan, German Scharlatan. === Noun === charlatan c fraudster, deceiver ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== charlataneri === References === “charlatan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “charlatan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “charlatan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)