two-faced

English

Etymology

From two +‎ faced, modelled after earlier English twi-faced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːˈfeɪst/

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• Rhymes: -eɪst

Adjective

two-faced (not comparable)

1. (literally) Having two faces or plane surfaces
2. Deceitful, duplicitous
3. Hypocritical

Synonyms

• double-faced
• hypocritical
• Janus-faced

Translations

having two faces or plane surfaces

Arabic: ذُو وَجْهَيْن (ḏū wajhayn) Bulgarian: с две лица (s dve lica) Finnish: kaksipuolinen Greek: διπρόσωπος (el) m (diprósopos) Ido: bifacia Italian: bifronte (it) Macedonian: дволик (dvolik), двостран (dvostran) Persian: دورو (fa) (do-ru) Russian: двусторо́нний (ru) (dvustorónnij) Swedish: tvåsidig (sv), bilateral (sv) Turkish: çift taraflı Welsh: dauwynebog (cy)

Deceitful, duplicitous

Albanian: lagaterë (sq) f Arabic: ذُو وَجْهَيْن (ḏū wajhayn) Azerbaijani: ikiüzlü Bulgarian: двуличен (bg) (dvuličen) Finnish: kaksinaamainen (fi), kiero (fi), vilpillinen (fi) Greek: διπρόσωπος (el) m (diprósopos) Hungarian: kétszínű (hu) Latin: varius Scottish Gaelic: leam-leat Turkish: ikiyüzlü (tr) Udi: пӏаъчъола (ṗa̱č:ola) Welsh: dauwynebog (cy)

Hypocritical

Arabic: ذُو وَجْهَيْن (ḏū wajhayn) Azerbaijani: ikiüzlü Finnish: tekopyhä (fi) Greek: διπρόσωπος (el) (diprósopos) Indonesian: bermuka dua (id) Irish: béalchráifeach Macedonian: дволичен (dvoličen), лицемерен (licemeren) Udi: пӏаъчъола (ṗa̱č:ola) Welsh: dauwynebog (cy)

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French: fourbe (fr) German: doppelgesichtig, doppelzüngig (de), falsch (de) Hebrew: דּוּ פַּרְצוּפִי (he) m (du partzufí) Icelandic: falskur (is), tvöfaldur Ido: disimulanta Italian: doppio (it), bifronte (it) Persian: دورو (fa) (do-ru) Polish: dwulicowy (pl) Russian: двули́кий (ru) (dvulíkij), двули́чный (ru) (dvulíčnyj) Scots: twafauld Scottish Gaelic: dà-aodannach Southern Altai: эки јӱстӱ (eki ǰüstü) Swedish: falsk (sv), lömsk (sv), bakslug (sv), opålitlig (sv) Tagalog: doble-kara

See also

• double standard
• hypocrite