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detective
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??t?kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Noun
detective (plural detectives)
- (law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
Synonyms
- (law enforcement): DT (abbreviation), Det (abbreviation)
- (person employed to find information): private detective, private investigator
- (person employed to find information): (slang) dick, private dick
- sleuth
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
detective (not comparable)
- Employed in detecting.
Asturian
Noun
detective m or f (plural detectives)
- detective
Galician
Noun
detective m (plural detectives)
- detective
Further reading
- “detective” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Noun
detective m (plural detectives)
- Alternative form of detetive
Spanish
Etymology
From English detective.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dete??tibe/, [d?e.t?e???t?i.??e]
Noun
detective m or f (plural detectives)
- detective
Usage notes
- detective may be masculine or feminine, but the less common detectiva exists for female detectives as well.
Derived terms
- detective privado
- detectivesco
Further reading
- “detective” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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informer
English
Alternative forms
- informor (obsolete, rare)
- informour (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
inform +? -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(r)m?(r)
Noun
informer (plural informers)
- One who informs someone else about something.
- A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
- One who informs, animates, or inspires.
- 1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson
- Nature, informer of the poet's art.
- 1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:informant
Translations
See also
- name names
Anagrams
- reinform, reniform
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?nf?rm?, ?nf?rm?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.f??.me/
Verb
informer
- to inform; to enlighten; to impart knowledge (upon)
- (reflexive) to inquire
Conjugation
Related terms
- information
- former
Further reading
- “informer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
?nf?rmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ?nf?rm?
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
informer
- imperative of informere
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