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English
Etymology
From Middle English flaterere , equivalent to flatter + -er .
Noun
flatterer (plural flatterers )
One who flatters .
Translations
one who flatters
Albanian: lajkatar (sq)
Belarusian: лясту́н m ( ljastún ) , падлі́знік m ( padlíznik ) , падлі́за m or f ( padlíza )
Bengali: খয়ের খাঁ (bn) ( khoẏer khã )
Bulgarian: ласка́тел (bg) m ( laskátel )
Catalan: adulador (ca) m , aduladora (ca) f , llagoter (ca) m , llagotera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奉承者 (zh) ( fèngchéngzhě ) , 諂媚者 / 谄媚者 (zh) ( chǎnmèizhě ) , 阿諛者 / 阿谀者 ( ēyúzhě ) , 馬屁精 / 马屁精 (zh) ( mǎpìjīng )
Czech: lichotník (cs) m
Danish: smigrer c
Dutch: vleier (nl) m , vleister (nl) f
Finnish: imartelija (fi) , mielistelijä (fi)
French: flatteur (fr) m , flatteuse (fr) f
Galician: aloumiñeiro m
German: Schmeichler (de) m , Schmeichlerin (de) f
Greek: κόλακας (el) m ( kólakas )
Ancient: κόλαξ m ( kólax ) , θώψ m ( thṓps )
Hungarian: hízelgő (hu)
Irish: líodóir m
Italian: adulatore (it) m , adulatrice f
Jamaican Creole: sweet talker
Japanese: おべっか使い ( おべっかつかい, obekkatsukai ) , 茶坊主 (ja) ( ちゃぼうず, chabōzu ) , 幇間 (ja) ( ほうかん, hōkan, たいこもち, taikomochi )
Kapampangan: talabuladas
Korean: 아첨꾼 ( acheomkkun )
Latin: palpātor m , palpō m , adūlātor m
Lithuanian: saldžiakalbis m , saldžialiežuvis m
Macedonian: ла́скавец m ( láskavec ) , подли́зурко m ( podlízurko ) , додво́рувач m ( dodvóruvač )
Middle English: flaterere , losengeour
Norman: affliâtreux m , fliatteux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: smigrer m
Polish: pochlebca (pl) m
Portuguese: bajulador (pt) , adulador (pt) , puxa-saco (pt) ( informal )
Romagnol: aduladôr m , adulatôr m
Romanian: lingușitor (ro) m , lingușitoare f , adulator (ro) m , adulatoare (ro) f
Russian: льстец (ru) m ( lʹstec ) , подхали́м (ru) m ( podxalím ) , подхали́мка (ru) f ( podxalímka ) , подли́за (ru) m or f ( podlíza )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ласкавац m
Latin: laskavac (sh) m
Slovak: lichotník m , pochlebovač m
Spanish: lisonjeador (es) m or f , lisonjero (es) m or f , adulador (es) ( adj. ) , halagador (es) m , zalamero (es) m , adulón (es) m
Swedish: smickrare (sv) c
Ukrainian: підле́сник m ( pidlésnyk ) , лесте́ць m ( lestécʹ ) , підле́сник m ( pidlésnyk ) , обле́сник m ( oblésnyk ) , лесту́н m ( lestún ) , підли́за m or f ( pidlýza ) , підли́зник m ( pidlýznyk )
Walloon: clatcheu (wa) m , platchteu (wa) m , flåzeu m
Welsh: gwenieithwr m , gwenieithwraig f , sebonwr m , sebonwraig f , ffalsiwr m , ffalsiwraig f