Masculine

mouchard

Meaning

  1. (informal, masculine) (espionage) snitch, grass, tell-tale (police informant)
  2. (masculine) mouchard (undercover investigator)
  3. (masculine) bug (hidden microphone)
  4. (masculine) spyhole, peephole
  5. (masculine) tachograph (device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle)
  6. (masculine) (computing) spyware (piece of spyware)
  7. (masculine) (aviation) spyplane
  8. (masculine) black box, flight recorder

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mu.ʃaʁ/
Etymology

From mouche (“fly”) + -ard (pejorative suffix).

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