informant

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• UK: /ɪnˈfɔːmənt/
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• US: /ɪnˈfɔɹmənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F AO1 R M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English inform Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English informant From inform + -ant.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُخْبِر (muḵbir) — one who relays confidential information
• Arabic: مُخْبِرة (muḵbira) — one who relays confidential information
• Belarusian: інфарма́тар (infarmátar) — one who relays confidential information
• Belarusian: інфарма́тарка (infarmátarka) — one who relays confidential information
• Bulgarian: доно́сник (donósnik) — one who relays confidential information
• Bulgarian: доно́сница (donósnica) — one who relays confidential information
• Bulgarian: доно́сничка (donósnička) — one who relays confidential information
• Bulgarian: информа́тор (informátor) — one who relays confidential information
• Bulgarian: информа́торка (informátorka) — one who relays confidential information
• Chinese Mandarin: 提供消息的人 (tígōng xiāoxī de rén) — one who relays confidential information
• Chinese Mandarin: 告密者 (gàomìzhě) — one who relays confidential information
• Chinese Mandarin: 線人 /线人 (xiànrén) — one who relays confidential information
• Chinese Mandarin: 舉報人 /举报人 (jǔbàorén) — one who relays confidential information
• Chinese Mandarin: 檢舉人 /检举人 (jiǎnjǔrén) — one who relays confidential information
• Czech: informátor — one who relays confidential information
• Czech: informátorka — one who relays confidential information
• Danish: informant — one who relays confidential information
• Esperanto: informanto — one who relays confidential information
• Finnish: ilmiantaja — one who relays confidential information
• Finnish: tiedonantaja — one who relays confidential information
• Finnish: informantti — one who relays confidential information
• French: informateur — one who relays confidential information
• French: informatrice — one who relays confidential information
• German: Informant — one who relays confidential information
• German: Informantin — one who relays confidential information
• Greek: πληροφοριοδότης (pliroforiodótis) — one who relays confidential information
• Ancient Greek: συκοφάντης (sukophántēs) — one who relays confidential information
• Hebrew: רֶגֶל — one who relays confidential information
• Hindi: गुप्तचर (guptacar) — one who relays confidential information
• Hungarian: besúgó — one who relays confidential information
• Indonesian: informan — one who relays confidential information
• Indonesian: narasumber — one who relays confidential information
• Italian: delatore — one who relays confidential information
• Italian: informatore — one who relays confidential information
• Italian: spia — one who relays confidential information
• Japanese: 情報提供者 (jōhō teikyōsha) — one who relays confidential information
• Japanese: インフォーマント (infōmanto) — one who relays confidential information
• Central Kurdish: ئاگادار (agadar) — one who relays confidential information
• Latin: dēlātor — one who relays confidential information
• Macedonian: кодош (kodoš) — one who relays confidential information
• Macedonian: доушник (doušnik) — one who relays confidential information
• Māori: kaiwhāki — one who relays confidential information
• Māori: kaiwhakaatu — one who relays confidential information
• Old English: melda — one who relays confidential information
• Polish: informator — one who relays confidential information
• Polish: informatorka — one who relays confidential information
• Portuguese: informante — one who relays confidential information
• Portuguese: delator — one who relays confidential information
• Romanian: informator — one who relays confidential information
• Romanian: informatoare — one who relays confidential information
• Russian: осведоми́тель (osvedomítelʹ) — one who relays confidential information
• Russian: осведоми́тельница (osvedomítelʹnica) — one who relays confidential information
• Russian: информа́тор (informátor) — one who relays confidential information
• Slovak: informátor — one who relays confidential information
• Slovak: informátorka — one who relays confidential information
• Spanish: informante — one who relays confidential information
• Tagalog: tagahimaton — one who relays confidential information
• Tagalog: impormante — one who relays confidential information
• Ukrainian: інформа́тор (informátor) — one who relays confidential information
• Ukrainian: інформа́торка (informátorka) — one who relays confidential information
• Finnish: kielenopas — lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference
• Finnish: informantti — lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference
• Hungarian: adatközlő — lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference
• Hungarian: adatszolgáltató — lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference