sofista

See also: sofistą

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sophista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [suˈfis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈfis.ta]

Noun

sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistes)

1. sophist

Related terms

• sofisma
• sofístic

Further reading

• “sofista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sofista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sofista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sofista”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsofɪsta]

Noun

sofista m anim

1. sophist (ancient teacher of eloquence)
2. sophist (impostor)

Declension

Declension of sofista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	sofista	sofisté, sofisti
genitive	sofisty	sofistů
dative	sofistovi	sofistům
accusative	sofistu	sofisty
vocative	sofisto	sofisté, sofisti
locative	sofistovi	sofistech
instrumental	sofistou	sofisty

Related terms

• sofismus
• sofistický
• sofistika
• sofistikovaný

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sophista.

Noun

sofista m or f by sense (masculine plural sofisti, feminine plural sofiste)

1. sophist

Related terms

• sofisma

Further reading

• sofista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Fossati, fastosi, fissato, fossati, satisfò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɔˈfɪs.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [soˈfis.ta]

Noun

sofista m (genitive sofistae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of sophistēs

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sofista	sofistae
genitive	sofistae	sofistārum
dative	sofistae	sofistīs
accusative	sofistam	sofistās
ablative	sofistā	sofistīs
vocative	sofista	sofistae

References

• "SOFISTA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sophista, an alternative form of sophistes, from Ancient Greek σοφῐστής (sophĭstḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈfis.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: so‧fis‧ta

Noun

sofista m pers

1. (Ancient Greece, historical, logic) sophist (one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in Ancient Greece)
2. (logic) sophist (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)

Declension

Declension of sofista

	singular	plural
nominative	sofista	sofiści/sofisty (deprecative)
genitive	sofisty	sofistów
dative	sofiście	sofistom
accusative	sofistę	sofistów
instrumental	sofistą	sofistami
locative	sofiście	sofistach
vocative	sofisto	sofiści

Related terms

adjective

• sofistyczny

adverb

• sofistycznie

nouns

• sofistyka
• sofizm
• sofizmat

Further reading

• “sofista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sophista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈfis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈfis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈfiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈfis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈfiʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: so‧fis‧ta

Noun

sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistas)

1. sophist (all senses)

Related terms

• sofisma

Further reading

• “sofista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sofista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sophista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈfista/ [soˈfis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: so‧fis‧ta

Noun

sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistas)

1. (philosophy) sophist

Related terms

• sofisma

Further reading

• “sofista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025