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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Translations to be checked

• French: fourbe (fr)
• German: doppelgesichtig, doppelzüngig (de), falsch (de)
• Hebrew: דּוּ פַּרְצוּפִי (he) m (du partzufí)
• Icelandic: falskur, 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