"saltimbanco" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/ Forms: saltimbancos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian saltimbanco. Used thus in English because of the association with street performers, seen by the settled population in English-speaking culture as not to be trusted. A more usual and more accurate English word, derived from similar sources, is mountebank. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|saltimbanco}} Italian saltimbanco Head templates: {{en-noun}} saltimbanco (plural saltimbancos)
  1. A quack doctor, a fraud. Synonyms: mountebank, quack Related terms: mountebank
    Sense id: en-saltimbanco-en-noun-3lE2f0ZZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /sal.timˈban.ko/ Forms: saltimbanchi [plural], saltimbanca [feminine], saltambanco [alternative]
Rhymes: -anko Etymology: Univerbation of salta + in + banco, literally “leap (or somersault) on the bench”. Compare Sicilian sautavancu. Etymology templates: {{univerbation|it|salta|in|banco|lit=leap (or somersault) on the bench}} Univerbation of salta + in + banco, literally “leap (or somersault) on the bench”, {{cog|scn|sautavancu}} Sicilian sautavancu Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} saltimbanco m (plural saltimbanchi, feminine saltimbanca)
  1. acrobat Tags: masculine Synonyms: acrobata, funambolo, giocoliere
    Sense id: en-saltimbanco-it-noun-vUvb6EYI Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian univerbations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 77 23 Disambiguation of Italian univerbations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24
  2. (figurative, derogatory) charlatan Tags: derogatory, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: ciarlatano, montambanco [archaic]
    Sense id: en-saltimbanco-it-noun-ysxrzzpm Categories (other): Italian univerbations Disambiguation of Italian univerbations: 50 50

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: saltimbancos [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} saltimbanco m (plural saltimbancos)
  1. Alternative form of saltimbanqui Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: saltimbanqui
    Sense id: en-saltimbanco-es-noun-jg3x7iBM Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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