two-faced

English

Etymology

From two +‎ faced, modelled after earlier English twi-faced.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuːˈfeɪst/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪst

Adjective

two-faced (not comparable)

(literally) Having two faces or plane surfaces.
Deceitful, duplicitous.
Synonyms: double-faced, Janus-faced

Near-synonyms: fake, phony
Hypocritical.

Derived terms

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)
Hindi: दुरंगा (hi) (duraṅgā), दोग़ला (hi) (doġlā)
Hungarian: kétszínű (hu)
Latin: varius
Manx: lhiam-lhiat
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)
Hindi: दोग़ला (hi) (doġlā)
Indonesian: bermuka dua (id)
Irish: béalchráifeach
Macedonian: дволичен (dvoličen), лицемерен (licemeren)
Udi: пӏаъчъола (ṗa̱č:ola)
Welsh: dauwynebog (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Altai:
Southern Altai: эки јӱстӱ (eki ǰüstü)
French: fourbe (fr)
German: doppelgesichtig, doppelzüngig (de), falsch (de)
Hebrew: דּוּ פַּרְצוּפִי (he) m (du partzufí)
Icelandic: falskur (is), 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
Swedish: falsk (sv), lömsk (sv), bakslug (sv), opålitlig (sv)
Tagalog: doble-kara