English
Etymology
Borrowed from French espionnage, derived from Middle French espionner meaning "to spy", from Old French espion meaning "spy", from Italian spione (from spia)
Pronunciation
'Ä•s-pÄ“-Å-näzh also Canadian -năzh; -nizh
Noun
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- The act of learning secret information through clandestine means.
- undercover work
- spying or reconnaissance
Translations
trans-top|act of learning secret information through clandestine means
Croatian: t|hr|špijunaža|f
Danish: spionage c
German: Spionage f
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Norwegian: spionasje m
Russian: шпионаж (špionáž) m
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trans-top|undercover work
Croatian: t|hr|špijunaža|f
Danish: spionage c
German: Spionage f
trans-mid
Norwegian: spionasje m
Russian: шпионаж (špionáž) m
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trans-top|spying or reconnaissance
Croatian: t|hr|špijunaža|f
Czech: výzvědy f|p, špionáž f
Danish: spionage c
Finnish: vakoilu
trans-mid
German: Spionage f
Norwegian: spionasje m
Russian: шпионаж (špionáž) m, разведка (razv'édka) m
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ttbc|Chinese:
:Simplified: é—´è°æ´»åŠ¨
:Traditional: 間諜活動
:Pinyin: jiandie-huodong
ttbc|Dutch: spionage
ttbc|Esperanto: spionado
ttbc|French: espionnage
ttbc|Greek: κατασκοπεία (kataskopeÃa)
ttbc|Hebrew: ריגול
ttbc|Italian: spionaggio
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ttbc|Japanese:
:kanji: è«œå ±æ´»å‹•
:hiragana: ã¡ã‚‡ã†ã»ã†ã‹ã¤ã©ã†
:romaji: chÅhÅ katsudÅ
Korean:
:hangul: 간첩, 간첩행위
:romaja: gancheob, gancheophaengwi
ttbc|Latin: speculatio nominative, speculationis genitive
ttbc|Polish: szpieg
ttbc|Portuguese: espionagem
ttbc|Spanish: espionaje
ttbc|Thai: จารà¸à¸£à¸£à¸¡
ttbc|Turkish: casusluk
Derived terms
industrial espionage
fr:espionage
io:espionage
it:espionage
pl:espionage
te:espionage
vi:espionage
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