sofista
See also: sofistą
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sophista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [suˈfis.tə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [soˈfis.ta]
Noun
sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistes)
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
Declension
Related terms
- sofismus
- sofistický
- sofistika
- sofistikovaný
Italian
Etymology
Noun
sofista m or f by sense (masculine plural sofisti, feminine plural sofiste)
Related terms
Further reading
- “sofista”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔˈfɪs.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [soˈfis.ta]
Noun
sofista m (genitive sofistae); first declension
- 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/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: so‧fis‧ta
Noun
sofista m pers
- (Ancient Greece, historical, logic) sophist (one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in Ancient Greece)
- (logic) sophist (one who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sofista | sofiści, sofisty1 |
| genitive | sofisty | sofistów |
| dative | sofiście | sofistom |
| accusative | sofistę | sofistów |
| instrumental | sofistą | sofistami |
| locative | sofiście | sofistach |
| vocative | sofisto | sofiści |
1Deprecative.
Related terms
adjective
adverb
- sofistycznie
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈfis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈfiʃ.tɐ/
- (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)
- sophist (all senses)
Related terms
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈfista/ [soˈfis.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: so‧fis‧ta
Noun
sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “sofista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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