different between impostor vs treacher

English

Alternative forms

• imposter
• impostour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French imposteur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p?st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?p?st?/
• Hyphenation: im?pos?tor

Noun

impostor (plural impostors)

1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
2. (computer graphics) A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene, but not based on an actual 3D model.

Synonyms

• impersonator
• See also Thesaurus:deceiver

Hyponyms

• quack

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin impostor.

Noun

impostor m (plural impostors, feminine impostora)

1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Further reading

• “impostor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “impostor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “impostor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “impostor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin impostor.

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Further reading

• “impostor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin impostor.

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Related terms

• impor
• imposto

Further reading

• “impostor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French imposteur

Noun

impostor m (plural impostori)

1. impostor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin impostor. Cognate with English impostor.

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Related terms

• impuesto
• imponer

Further reading

• “impostor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English trecher, from Old French trecheor (modern tricheur), from trechier, tricher (“to cheat, trick”). Compare English trick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??t????/
• Rhymes: -?t??(?)

Noun

treacher (plural treachers)

1. (archaic) A traitor or deceiver.

Derived terms

• treacherer
• treachersome

Related terms

• treacherous
• treachery