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
'�s-p�-ŭ-näzh also Canadian -n�zh; -nizh

Noun
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1. The act of learning secret information through clandestine means.
2. undercover work
3. 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
trans-mid
Norwegian: spionasje m
Russian: �пионаж (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: �пионаж (špionáž) m
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trans-top|spying or reconnaissance
Croatian: t|hr|špijunaža|f
Czech: výzv�dy f|p, špionáž f
Danish: spionage c
Finnish: vakoilu
trans-mid
German: Spionage f
Norwegian: spionasje m
Russian: �пионаж (špionáž) m, �азведка (razv'édka) m
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ttbc|Chinese:
:Simplified: ��活�
:Traditional: ��活�
:Pinyin: jiandie-huodong
ttbc|Dutch: spionage
ttbc|Esperanto: spionado
ttbc|French: espionnage
ttbc|Greek: κα�α�κο�εία (kataskopeía)
ttbc|Hebrew: ר����
ttbc|Italian: spionaggio

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ttbc|Japanese:
:kanji: �報活�
:hiragana: ���������
:romaji: ch�h� katsud�
Korean:
:hangul: �첩, �첩��
:romaja: gancheob, gancheophaengwi
ttbc|Latin: speculatio nominative, speculationis genitive
ttbc|Polish: szpieg
ttbc|Portuguese: espionagem
ttbc|Spanish: espionaje
ttbc|Thai: �าร�รรม
ttbc|Turkish: casusluk

Derived terms
industrial espionage

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