eavesdropper

English

Etymology

From eavesdrop +‎ -er (“person or thing which does”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒpə(ɹ)/

Noun

eavesdropper (plural eavesdroppers)

1. One who eavesdrops.
2. (military, slang) A surveillance aircraft.
   • 1986, Dick Van Der Aart, Aerial Espionage: Secret Intelligence Flights by East and West, page 96:

     […] the Japanese Ministry of Defence rang the bell and informed the world's press about the Tokyo Express — the ironic Japanese nickname for the constant flow of Soviet flying eavesdroppers in Japanese airspace.

Translations

one who eavesdrops

• Czech: odposlouchávající
• Dutch: luistervink (nl) m, afluisteraar (nl) m
• German: Lauscher (de) m
• Greek: ωτακουστής (el) m (otakoustís)

  Ancient: ὠτακουστής m (ōtakoustḗs)

• Italian: uditore (it) m, ascoltatore (it) m, spione (it) m
• Kapampangan: maindredus, mayindredus
• Macedonian: прислу́шувач m (prislúšuvač)
• Norman: êcoute-pathai m, êcouteux m
• Polish: podsłuchiwacz (pl) m, podsłuchiwaczka f
• Serbo-Croatian: prisluškivač (sh) m
• Swedish: tjuvlyssnare (sv) c
• Vietnamese: người nghe lén, người nghe trộm