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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French mouchard, from mouche (“a fly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mouchard (plural mouchards)
- An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
- (nautical) An inverted compass hanging above the captain's bed
French
Etymology
From mouche (“fly”) + -ard (pejorative suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
mouchard m (plural mouchards, feminine moucharde)
- (informal) (espionage) snitch, grass, tell-tale (police informant)
- Synonyms: indic, cafteur, cafard
- (espionage) mouchard (undercover investigator)
- (espionage) bug (hidden microphone)
- (espionage) spyhole, peephole
- Synonym: judas
- tachograph (device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle)
- Synonym: chronotachygraphe
- (espionage) (computing) spyware (piece of spyware)
- Synonyms: espiogiciel, logiciel espion
- (espionage) (aviation) spyplane
- Synonym: avion-espion
- (aviation) black box, flight recorder
- Synonyms: boîte noire, enregistreur de vol
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