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tartuffe

/tɑːrˈtʊf/

Traduction: Nom désignant un hypocrite qui feint la dévotion ou la piété, souvent pour tromper autrui, d'après le personnage principal de la pièce de Molière.

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noun

C2formalcommon/tɑːrˈtʊf/

nom propre

A noun referring to a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety, derived from the protagonist in a play by Molière.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant un hypocrite qui feint la dévotion ou la piété, souvent pour tromper autrui, d'après le personnage principal de la pièce de Molière.
  1. Hypocrite C1 formal

    A person who pretends to have strong religious or moral beliefs, but behaves in a way that contradicts them; a sanctimonious fraud.

    • The politician was a complete Tartuffe, preaching family values while having an affair.
    • Don't be such a Tartuffe; you criticize others for lying but you do it yourself.
    • The novel's villain is a classic Tartuffe, using a mask of piety to swindle the wealthy.

    🇫🇷Tartuffe (hypocrite)

    Synonymes: dissemblerfraudhumbughypocriteimpostorphariseepretenderwhited sepulcher

    Antonymes: honestsaintsincere

  • tartuffes plural form
  • tartuffes' possessive plural form
  • tartuffe's possessive singular form