imposteur

French

Etymology

From Late Latin impostor < impositor, agent noun of Latin impōnō (“impose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɔs.tœʁ/

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Noun

imposteur m (plural imposteurs, feminine impostrice)

1. impostor, fake

Related terms

• imposture
• imposer

Further reading

• “imposteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.