espionage

Significat (Anglès)

The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

Conceptes

espionatge

treball no declarat

Sinònims

spying

intelligence

secret service

secret

㊙️

spy

undercover

undercover work

disguised

spial

informer

ninja

🥷

prying

Traduccions

espionnage

spionaggio

espionaje

Spionage

espionagem

spionage

casusluk

κατασκοπεία

speculatio

κατασκοπία

جاسوسية

تجسس

Spionagetätigkeit

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɛs.pi.ə.ˌnɑːʒ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb italià: spione

In summary

Recorded since 1793, from French espionnage, from espionner (“to spy”), from Middle French espionner (“to spy”), from espion (“spy”), from Old French espion (“spy”), from Frankish *spehō (“spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to spy, peek, peer”). In modern times, the French pronunciation of the s, which had fallen silent since the 13th century, was restored due to the influence of Italian spione (“spy”), and was therefore also adopted by the English. More at spy.