mouchard

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French mouchard, from mouche (“a fly”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmuːʃɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /muˈʃɑɹd/ === 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 ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === From mouche (“fly”) +‎ -ard (pejorative suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mu.ʃaʁ/ Rhymes: -aʁ === 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 ==== Derived terms ==== mouchardage moucharder === Further reading === “mouchard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012