mouchard

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mouchard, from mouche (a fly).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mouchard (plural mouchards)

  1. An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
  2. (nautical) An inverted compass hanging above the captain's bed

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mu.ʃaʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

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mouchard m (plural mouchards, feminine moucharde)

  1. (informal) (espionage) snitch, grass, tell-tale (police informant)
    Synonyms: indic, cafteur, cafard
  2. (espionage) mouchard (undercover investigator)
  3. (espionage) bug (hidden microphone)
  4. (espionage) spyhole, peephole
    Synonym: judas
  5. tachograph (device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle)
    Synonym: chronotachygraphe
  6. (espionage) (computing) spyware (piece of spyware)
    Synonyms: espiogiciel, logiciel espion
  7. (espionage) (aviation) spyplane
    Synonym: avion-espion
  8. (aviation) black box, flight recorder
    Synonyms: boîte noire, enregistreur de vol

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