different between inspector vs spy

English

Alternative forms

• inspectour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector, from ?nspici?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?sp?kt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?sp?kt?/

Noun

inspector (plural inspectors)

1. A person employed to inspect something.
2. (law enforcement) A police officer ranking below superintendent.

Related terms

• inspect
• inspection

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (insupekut?)

Translations

Anagrams

• inceptors, proincest

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector, attested from 1803.

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectors, feminine inspectora)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspecció

References

Further reading

• “inspector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inspector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inspector” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector.

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspección

Further reading

• “inspector” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Etymology

From ?nspicio +? -tor.

Noun

?nspector m (genitive ?nspect?ris); third declension

1. (post-Augustan) viewer, observer, onlooker
2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) inspector, examiner (especially one who inspects a household, monastery, etc)
3. (Medieval Latin) spy
4. (Medieval Latin, in divination) diviner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

?nspector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of ?nspect?

References

• inspector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inspector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• inspector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• inspector in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector.

Pronunciation

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectors, feminine inspectritz, feminine plural inspectrises)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspeccion

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inspector, probably through French inspecteur. Compare Russian ?????????? (inspéktor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?spek.tor/

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectori, feminine equivalent inspectoare)

1. inspector

Declension

Synonyms

• inspicient (dated)

Derived terms

• inspector-?ef

Related terms

• inspecta
• inspectare
• inspectiv
• inspectorat
• inspec?ie, inspec?iune

See also

• revizor
• supraveghetor

References

• inspector in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?nspector.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inspe??to?/, [?ns.pe???t?o?]

Noun

inspector m (plural inspectores, feminine inspectora, feminine plural inspectoras)

1. inspector

Related terms

• inspección
• inspeccionar

Further reading

• “inspector” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *speh?n (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *speh?n? (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *spe?- (“to look”). Akin to German spähen (“to spy”), Dutch spieden (“to spy”).

The noun displaced native Old English s??awere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "mirror." In this sense, the verb displaced Old English s??awian, which was also the word for "to watch" and became the Modern English word show.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

spy (plural spies)

1. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).

Synonyms

• intelligencer
• Thesaurus:spy

Translations

Derived terms

• spyess (a female spy)
• spy ring

Verb

spy (third-person singular simple present spies, present participle spying, simple past and past participle spied)

1. (intransitive) To act as a spy.

2. (transitive) To spot; to catch sight of.
   • 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman

     One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.
3. (intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
4. (transitive) To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.

Translations

Derived terms

• spy on
• spyhop

Related terms

• spyglass
• spyware

See also

• Wikipedia article on spies

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (supai)
• ? Korean: ??? (seupai)

Anagrams

• PYs, SYP, YPs, pys

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse spýja, from Proto-Germanic *sp?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pty?w- (“to spit, vomit”). Compare Swedish and Danish spy, Icelandic spýja, English spew, Dutch spuwen, German speien.

Noun

spy n (definite singular spyet) (uncountable)

1. barf (US), vomit, spew

Verb

spy (present tense spyr, simple past spydde, past participle spydd)

1. to barf (US), throw up, vomit, spew (also figurative)

Synonyms

• kaste opp

References

• “spy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse spýja. The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

spy (present tense spyr, past tense spydde, past participle spydd/spytt, passive infinitive spyast, present participle spyande, imperative spy)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to vomit
2. (intransitive, about blowflies) to lay eggs

Derived terms

Noun

spy n (definite singular spyet, uncountable)

1. vomit, sick
2. (collective) eggs of a blowfly

References

• “spy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• syp

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spýja, from Proto-Germanic *sp?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pty?w- (“to spit, vomit”). Compare Norwegian and Danish spy, Icelandic spýja, English spew, Dutch spuwen, German speien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spy?/

Verb

spy (present spyr, preterite spydde, supine spytt, imperative spy)

1. to throw up, to vomit

Conjugation

Quotations

Synonyms

• kräkas

Related terms

• spya
• spyboll

Anagrams

• pys