different between poseur vs pseud

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French poseur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po??z???/

Noun

poseur (plural poseurs)

1. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

   Synonyms: poser, attitudinizer

Translations

See also

• pretentious

Anagrams

• Roupes, rose up, souper, supero-, uprose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.zœ?/

Noun

poseur m (plural poseurs, feminine poseuse)

1. poseur

   Synonyms: crâneur, frimeur

Related terms

• poser

Descendants

• ? English: poseur
• ? German: Poseur

Adjective

poseur (feminine singular poseuse, masculine plural poseurs, feminine plural poseuses)

1. pompous, affected

Further reading

• “poseur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• proues, souper

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?d/
• Rhymes: -u?d
• Homophone: sued

Etymology 1

Possible clipping of pseudointellectual. From Ancient Greek ?????? (pseud?s, “false, lying”).

Noun

pseud (plural pseuds)

1. An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur

Derived terms

• pseudery

Related terms

• pseudo - variant

References

• The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary

Etymology 2

Noun

pseud

1. (medicine, colloquial) Pseudomonas bacteria.

Etymology 3

Noun

pseud (plural pseuds)

1. (Internet slang) A pseudonym.

Anagrams

• SUDEP, dupes, spued