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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːˈfeɪst/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪst

Adjective

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two-faced (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

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  • double-faced
  • hypocritical
  • Janus-faced

Translations

[edit] 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)
  • Hindi: दुरंगा (hi) (duraṅgā), दोग़ला (hi) (doġlā)
  • 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)
  • Hindi: दोग़ला (hi) (doġlā)
  • Indonesian: bermuka dua (id)
  • Irish: béalchráifeach
  • Macedonian: дволичен (dvoličen), лицемерен (licemeren)
  • Udi: пӏаъчъола (ṗa̱č:ola)
  • Welsh: dauwynebog (cy)
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  • Altai: Southern Altai: эки јӱстӱ (eki ǰüstü)
  • 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
  • Swedish: falsk (sv), lömsk (sv), bakslug (sv), opålitlig (sv)
  • Tagalog: doble-kara

See also

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  • double standard
  • hypocrite
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