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espion

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La   présence   de   ce   ballon   espion   affecte   le   moral   des   coalisés .

Das Vorhandensein dieses Spionageballs beeinflusst die Moral der Koalitionen.

(Englisch)

spy (person who secretly watches)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɛs.pjɔ̃/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French *espion (attested only in the verb espionner), from Old French espion, spion (“one assigned to observe or spy”). Alternatively, derived from Old French espie (“spy”), under influence of Italian spione (“spy”). According to another theory, French espion is borrowed from Italian spione. The word is ultimately from Frankish *spehō (“spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to look, spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną.

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mittelalterlicher Spion

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