šarlatan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French charlatan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃarlǎtaːn/
  • Hyphenation: šar‧la‧tan

Noun

šarlàtān m anim (Cyrillic spelling шарла̀та̄н)

  1. charlatan, quack

Declension

Declension of šarlatan
singular plural
nominative šarlatan šarlatani
genitive šarlatána šarlatana
dative šarlatanu šarlatanima
accusative šarlatana šarlatane
vocative šarlatane šarlatani
locative šarlatanu šarlatanima
instrumental šarlatanom šarlatanima

Further reading

  • šarlatan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from French charlatan or German Scharlatan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃarlatáːn/
  • Rhymes: -áːn
  • Hyphenation: šar‧la‧tan

Noun

šarlatȃn m anim (female equivalent šarlatȃnka)

  1. (derogatory) charlatan (someone who pretends to be an expert, even though they have no knowledge or skills to do so)
    • 2024 October 30, Janko Lorenci, Komentar / Trumpova skrivnost[1]:
      Skratka, za Ameriko in svet nikakor ni vseeno, kdo bo zmagal 5. novembra. Pri tem se zdi, da tak klovnovsko-jokerski tip, tak notorični lažnivec, šarlatan, skorumpiranec, nadlegovalec žensk, človek v sto sodnih procesih, lažni veliki poslovnež (vse bogastvo je podedoval) ne bi mogel postati prvi politik nikjer v Uniji, tudi v Sloveniji ne. Če ga kljub temu voli pol Američanov, to pomeni, da je družba vržena iz tira.
      In short, America and the world are in no way indifferent to who wins on November 5th. It seems that such a clown-joker type, such a notorious liar, charlatan, corrupt person, harasser of women, a man in a hundred lawsuits, a fake big businessman (he inherited all his wealth) could not become the first politician anywhere in the Union, not even in Slovenia. If half of Americans vote for him, it means that society has been thrown off track.
  2. (derogatory) fraudster, swindler
    Synonyms: goljūf, slepár

Declension

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate) , fixed accent
nom. sing. šarlatȃn
gen. sing. šarlatȃna
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
šarlatȃn šarlatȃna šarlatȃni
genitive
rodȋlnik
šarlatȃna šarlatȃnov šarlatȃnov
dative
dajȃlnik
šarlatȃnu, šarlatȃni šarlatȃnoma, šarlatȃnama šarlatȃnom, šarlatȃnam
accusative
tožȋlnik
šarlatȃna šarlatȃna šarlatȃne
locative
mẹ̑stnik
šarlatȃnu, šarlatȃni šarlatȃnih, šarlatȃnah šarlatȃnih, šarlatȃnah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
šarlatȃnom šarlatȃnoma, šarlatȃnama šarlatȃni
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
šarlatȃn šarlatȃna šarlatȃni


Derived terms

adjectives
verbs
  • šarlatāniti impf

Further reading

  • šarlatan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • šarlatan”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references