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

French

Etymology

From mouche + -ard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muʃaʁ/
Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

mouchard m (plural mouchards)

grass, tell-tale (police informant)
mouchard
hidden microphone
spyhole, peephole
tachograph
(computing) spyware (piece of spyware)

Derived terms

Further reading

“mouchard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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