"fibber" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fibbers [plural]
Etymology: From fib (“to lie”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fib<t:to lie>|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From fib (“to lie”) + -er., {{ety|en|:af|fib<t:to lie>|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fib Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English fibber From fib (“to lie”) + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fibber (plural fibbers)
  1. (informal, rare) A liar. Tags: informal, rare Translations (a liar): žvanil [masculine] (Czech), lhář [masculine] (Czech), Schwindler [masculine] (German), Flunkerer [masculine] (German), یالانجی (yalancı) (Ottoman Turkish), kłamca [masculine] (Polish), łgarz [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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