espionage

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Konzepte

Spionage

Schwarzarbeit

Bespitzelung

verdeckte Ermittlung

Spionagetätigkeit

Synonyme

spying

intelligence

secret service

secret

㊙️

spy

undercover

undercover work

disguised

spial

informer

ninja

🥷

prying

Übersetzungen

espionnage

spionaggio

espionaje

espionagem

casusluk

spionage

κατασκοπεία

espionatge

speculatio

جاسوسية

κατασκοπία

تجسس

Espionnage

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɛs.pi.ə.ˌnɑːʒ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Italienisch: 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.