"imposture" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɒstjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪmˈpɒst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Forms: impostures [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, Latin impostus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|imposture}} Middle French imposture, {{der|en|LL.|impostura}} Late Latin impostura, {{der|en|la|impostus}} Latin impostus Head templates: {{en-noun}} imposture (plural impostures)
  1. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition Synonyms: cheating Translations (act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating): измама (izmama) [feminine] (Bulgarian), мошеничество (mošeničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), impostura [feminine] (Catalan), oplichter [common-gender] (Dutch), trompaĵo (Esperanto), impostura [feminine] (Italian), impostura [feminine] (Portuguese), impostură (Romanian), надувательство (naduvatelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), impostura [feminine] (Spanish)

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.pɔs.tyʁ/ Forms: impostures [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin impostūra. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|impostūra}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin impostūra Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} imposture f (plural impostures)
  1. imposture Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-imposture-fr-noun-PdG~y2LV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /im.poˈstu.re/
Rhymes: -ure Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} imposture f
  1. plural of impostura Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: impostura
    Sense id: en-imposture-it-noun-Kx4ubivp Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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