Phony
//ˈfoʊni//
Translations of "phony" (20 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بَهْرَج(fraudulent; fake), خَرَّاص(fraudulent; fake), مُتَصَنِّع(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), مُتَصَنِّع(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), مُنَافِق(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold) | bahraj, ḵarrāṣ, mutaṣanniʕ, mutaṣanniʕ, munāfiq | |
| Bulgarian | измамен(fraudulent; fake), мошенически(fraudulent; fake), измамник(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), лицемер(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), мошеник(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | izmamen, mošeničeski, izmamnik, licemer, mošenik | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 假(fraudulent; fake), 说慌话的人(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold) | jiǎ | |
| Czech | falešný(fraudulent; fake), pokrytec(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold) | — | |
| Dutch | nagemaakt(fraudulent; fake), onecht(fraudulent; fake) | — | |
| Esperanto | falsa(fraudulent; fake) | — | |
| Finnish | epäaito(fraudulent; fake), vale(fraudulent; fake), väärennetty(fraudulent; fake), väärä(fraudulent; fake), huijari(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), teeskentelijä(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), teeskentelijä(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold) | — | |
| French | contrefait(fraudulent; fake), falsifié(fraudulent; fake), faux(fraudulent; fake), frauduleux(fraudulent; fake), à la gomme(fraudulent; fake), à la noix(fraudulent; fake), faussaire(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), faux prophète(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), faux-nez(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), guignol(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), mystificateur(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), usurpateur(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), usurpatrice(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | — | |
| Georgian | ყალბი(fraudulent; fake), ცრუ(fraudulent; fake) | q̇albi, cru | |
| German | falsch(fraudulent; fake), gefälscht(fraudulent; fake), unecht(fraudulent; fake), verlogen(fraudulent; fake), Blender(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), Heuchler(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), Hochstapler(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), Lügner(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), Scharlatan(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | — | |
| Hebrew | מזויף(fraudulent; fake) | — | |
| Hungarian | hamis(fraudulent; fake) | — | |
| Italian | falso(fraudulent; fake), fasullo(fraudulent; fake), impostore(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | — | |
| Japanese | 偽(fraudulent; fake), 偽物の(fraudulent; fake), 贋(fraudulent; fake), 詐欺師(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | nise, nisemono no, nise, sagishi | |
| Latin | simulātor(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | ساخته(fraudulent; fake), یالان(fraudulent; fake), یالانجی(fraudulent; fake) | sahte, yalan, yalancı | |
| Portuguese | de araque(fraudulent; fake), falso(fraudulent; fake), falso(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), impostor(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | — | |
| Russian | ненастоя́щий(fraudulent; fake), подде́льный(fraudulent; fake), фальши́вый(fraudulent; fake), прики́дчик(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), прики́дчица(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | nenastojáščij, poddélʹnyj, falʹšívyj, prikídčik, prikídčica | |
| Spanish | falaz(fraudulent; fake), falso(fraudulent; fake), fraudulento(fraudulent; fake), mendaz(fraudulent; fake), falso(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), farsante(a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold), fingidor(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | — | |
| Swedish | falsk(fraudulent; fake), förljugen(fraudulent; fake), lögnaktig(fraudulent; fake), oäkta(fraudulent; fake), bedragare(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own), bluff(a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | — |
بَهْرَج, خَرَّاص, مُتَصَنِّع, مُتَصَنِّع, مُنَافِق
bahraj, ḵarrāṣ, mutaṣanniʕ, mutaṣanniʕ, munāfiq
измамен, мошенически, измамник, лицемер, мошеник
izmamen, mošeničeski, izmamnik, licemer, mošenik
falešný, pokrytec
nagemaakt, onecht
falsa
epäaito, vale, väärennetty, väärä, huijari, teeskentelijä, teeskentelijä
contrefait, falsifié, faux, frauduleux, à la gomme, à la noix, faussaire, faux prophète, faux-nez, guignol, mystificateur, usurpateur, usurpatrice
falsch, gefälscht, unecht, verlogen, Blender, Heuchler, Hochstapler, Lügner, Scharlatan
מזויף
hamis
falso, fasullo, impostore
simulātor
de araque, falso, falso, impostor
ненастоя́щий, подде́льный, фальши́вый, прики́дчик, прики́дчица
nenastojáščij, poddélʹnyj, falʹšívyj, prikídčik, prikídčica
falaz, falso, fraudulento, mendaz, falso, farsante, fingidor
falsk, förljugen, lögnaktig, oäkta, bedragare, bluff
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.