detektiv

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See also: Detektiv and detektív

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English detective.

Pronunciation

Noun

detektiv m anim

  1. detective

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Further reading

  • detektiv”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • detektiv”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English detective.

Noun

detektiv m (definite singular detektiven, indefinite plural detektiver, definite plural detektivene)

  1. a detective

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English detective.

Noun

detektiv m (definite singular detektiven, indefinite plural detektivar, definite plural detektivane)

  1. a detective

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

detèktīv m (Cyrillic spelling детѐктӣв)

  1. detective

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From English detective. Adjective sense attested since 1851. Noun sense attested since 1872.

Pronunciation

Adjective

detektiv (comparative detektivare, superlative detektivast)

  1. related to the detection of crime
    Synonyms: krim, kriminal-

Noun

detektiv c

  1. a private detective
    Synonym: privatdetektiv
  2. (obsolete, law enforcement) a detective, a type of police
    Synonym: kriminalpolis
    • 1879, Janne Bruzelius, En ödets kastboll, page 80:
      Då mr Brown nästa morgon anlände till sin office, väntade honom derstädes en detektiv, som meddelade, att uti Charminghouse påträffats en främling, hvars yttre öfverensstämde med det till efterspaning inlemnade signalementet [...]
      When Mr Brown arrived at his office the next morning, a detective awaited him there, who announced that a stranger had been found in Charminghouse, the exterior of which matched the signal submitted for reconnaissance

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