detective

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
2. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

Adj

Employed in detecting.

Conceptes

detectiu

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Sinònims

investigator

spy

sleuth

tec

inspector

hawkshaw

gumshoe

secret agent

police detective

fink

inquirer

intelligence agent

op

plain-clothes man

policeman

👮‍♂️

police spy

privacy

private detective

private eye

probing

Richard

scout

secrecy

secret

㊙️

shamus

snoop

snooper

split

spook

trap

🪤

wiretapper

plainclothesman

plain-clothesman

secret policeman

cops-and-robbers

agent

private dick

beagle

bloodhound

dee

demon

dick

eavesdropper

examiner

eye

👁️

Traduccions

détective

🕵️

Detektiv

detective

🕵️

detetive

🕵️

investigatore

🕵️

detective

rechercheur

enquêteur

speurder

🕵️

detective

detective

🕵️

ντετέκτιβ

Kriminalbeamter

Privatdetektiv

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪˈtɛktɪv/

Etimologia (Anglès)

The adjective is from Classical Latin dētēct-, past participial stem of dētegō (“to detect”), + -ive. The noun is an ellipsis of detective policeman, detective officer, or a similar construction.

Frases

He also wrote a play and several detective novels .

I'm reading a fascinating detective story .

The detective untangles a web of robberies , lies and murder .

Kitano plays detective Azuma, a " Dirty Harry " -type who uses violent methods when confronting criminals .