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(ntentéktiv)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Greek: ντετέκτιβ (ntetéktiv), ντεντέκτιβ (ntentéktiv)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nb", "2": "detektiv", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: detektiv", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: detektiv" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nn", "2": "detektiv", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: detektiv", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: detektiv" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pt", "2": "detetive", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Portuguese: detetive", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Portuguese: detetive" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "es", "2": "detective", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Spanish: detective", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Spanish: detective" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "detektiv", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Swedish: detektiv", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Swedish: detektiv" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "detective police" }, "expansion": "Ellipsis of detective police", "name": "ellipsis" } ], "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of detective police.", "forms": [ { "form": "detectives", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "detective (plural detectives)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "hyponyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "private investigator" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "eye" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "tags": [ "abbreviation" ], "word": "PI" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "private detective" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "private dick" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "tags": [ "idiomatic" ], "word": "private eye" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "shamus" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "snoop" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "house detective" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "house dick" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "cyberdetective" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "cybersleuth" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "superdetective" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "superdick" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:detective", "word": "supersleuth" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "detect" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "detection" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "detector" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Law enforcement", "orig": "en:Law enforcement", "parents": [ "Crime prevention", "Emergency services", "Law", "Crime", "Public safety", "Justice", "Criminal law", "Society", "Public administration", "Security", "All topics", "Government", "Fundamental", "Politics" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "3 46 52", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!", "text": "The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator." ], "id": "en-detective-en-noun-bO-zZaNp", "links": [ [ "law enforcement", "law enforcement" ], [ "police", "police" ], [ "officer", "officer" ], [ "evidence", "evidence" ], [ "crime", "crime" ], [ "investigator", "investigator" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator." ], "topics": [ "government", "law-enforcement" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "muḥaqqiq", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "مُحَقِّق" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xuzarku", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "խուզարկու" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detective" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektiv" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "xəfiyyəçi" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "xəfiyyə" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "detektýŭ", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "дэтэкты́ў" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "šukáč", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "шука́ч" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "sljédčy", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сле́дчы" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "gōẇenda", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "গোয়েন্দা" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "guptocor", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "গুপ্তচর" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "detektív", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "детекти́в" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "cumhtauk", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "စုံထောက်" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detectiu" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektib" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "偵探" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhēntàn", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "侦探" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jǐngtàn", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "警探" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rechercheur" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "speurder" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detective" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "policana detektivo" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektiiv" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "etsivä" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "détective" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "investigadôr" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detective" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "deṭekṭivi", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "დეტექტივი" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ermittler" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ermittlerin" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Detektiv" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "astynomikós erevnitís", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "αστυνομικός ερευνητής" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "erevnitís", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ερευνητής" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ntetéktiv", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "ντετέκτιβ" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "balásh", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "בַּלָּשׁ" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "balashít", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "בַּלָּשִׁית" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "khokér", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "חוֹקֵר" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "khokéret", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "חוֹקֶרֶת" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "jāsūs", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "जासूस" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "guptacar", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "गुप्तचर" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bhediyā", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "भेदिया" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "mukhbir", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "मुखबिर" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "khuphiyā", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "खुफिया" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "surāġī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "सुराग़ी" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "surāgī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "सुरागी" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "khojī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "खोजी" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "nyomozó" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektív" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektivo" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektif" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bleachtaire" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "investigatore" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "alt": "たんてい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tantei", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "探偵" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "alt": "けいじ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "keiji", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "刑事" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "detektiv", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "детектив" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "tyñşy", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "тыңшы" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ruənthĕəʼkĕəʼveisəy", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "រន្ឋគវេសី" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "hət pranəy", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ហិតប្រណី" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "nĕək yɔɔ kɑɑ kaa", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "អ្នកយកការណ៍" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kɨñ", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "គិញ" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "caaraʼborɑh", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ចារបុរស" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "alt": "探偵", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "tamjeong", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "탐정" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "alt": "刑事", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "hyeongsa", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "형사" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "dedektîf" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "xefiye" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "tıŋcı", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "тыңчы" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "sışcik", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "сыщик" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aŋduucu", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "аңдуучу" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "nak sư̄p", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ນັກສືບ" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "inquīsītor" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektīvs" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektyvas" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "detektív", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "детекти́в" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektif" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "archaic" ], "word": "mata gelap" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "titeketiwhi" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "tekitiwhi" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "kairapuhara" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "politietterforsker" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": 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"Estonian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektiiv" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "etsivä" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "détective" }, { "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "investigadôr" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detective" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "deṭekṭivi", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "დეტექტივი" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ermittler" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ermittlerin" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Detektiv" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "astynomikós erevnitís", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "αστυνομικός ερευνητής" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "erevnitís", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ερευνητής" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ntetéktiv", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "ντετέκτιβ" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "balásh", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "בַּלָּשׁ" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "balashít", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "בַּלָּשִׁית" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "khokér", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "חוֹקֵר" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "khokéret", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "חוֹקֶרֶת" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "jāsūs", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "जासूस" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "guptacar", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "गुप्तचर" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bhediyā", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "भेदिया" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "mukhbir", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "मुखबिर" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "khuphiyā", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "खुफिया" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "surāġī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "सुराग़ी" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "surāgī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "सुरागी" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "khojī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "खोजी" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "nyomozó" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektív" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektivo" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektif" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bleachtaire" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "investigatore" }, { "alt": "たんてい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tantei", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "探偵" }, { "alt": "けいじ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "keiji", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "刑事" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "detektiv", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "детектив" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "tyñşy", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "тыңшы" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ruənthĕəʼkĕəʼveisəy", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "រន្ឋគវេសី" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "hət pranəy", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ហិតប្រណី" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "nĕək yɔɔ kɑɑ kaa", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "អ្នកយកការណ៍" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kɨñ", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "គិញ" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "caaraʼborɑh", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ចារបុរស" }, { "alt": "探偵", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "tamjeong", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "탐정" }, { "alt": "刑事", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "hyeongsa", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "형사" }, { "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "dedektîf" }, { "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "xefiye" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "tıŋcı", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "тыңчы" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "sışcik", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "сыщик" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aŋduucu", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "аңдуучу" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "nak sư̄p", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "ນັກສືບ" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "inquīsītor" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektīvs" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektyvas" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "detektív", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "детекти́в" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektif" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "archaic" ], "word": "mata gelap" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "titeketiwhi" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "tekitiwhi" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "kairapuhara" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "politietterforsker" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "politietterforskar" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "mošak", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "موشک" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "sorāǧi", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "سراغي" }, { "code": "fa-ira", "lang": "Iranian Persian", "roman": "kâr'âgâh", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "کارْآگاه" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "oficer śledczy" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "detektyw" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "śledczy" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "detetive" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detectiv" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "investigader" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "dɛtɛktív", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "детекти́в" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sýščik", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сы́щик" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "operatívnik", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "операти́вник" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "slédovatelʹ", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сле́дователь" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "iščéjka", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ище́йка" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "истра̀житељ" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "детѐктӣв" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "istràžitelj" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "detèktīv" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektív" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "detektivka" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detective" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "inspector" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "kriminalpolis" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "tiktik" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "mufattiš", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "муфаттиш" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "nák-sʉ̀ʉp", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "นักสืบ" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "dedektif" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "hafiye" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "detektýv", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "детекти́в" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "nýšporka", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ни́шпорка" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "slidécʹ", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сліде́ць" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "sýščyk", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine", "rare" ], "word": "си́щик" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "jāsūs", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "جاسُوس" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "khojī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "کھوجی" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "surāġī", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "سُراغی" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "surāġ rasā̃", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "سُراغ رَساں" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "aygʻoqchi" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "detektiv" }, { "alt": "探子", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "thám tử" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ditectif" }, { "code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "resjersjeur" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "detektiv", "sense": "police officer who looks for evidence", "word": "דעטעקטיוו" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xuzarku", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "խուզարկու" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "razuznaváč", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "разузнава́ч" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detectiu" }, { "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "detektib" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "私人偵探" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "sīrén zhēntàn", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "私人侦探" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "私家偵探" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "sījiā zhēntàn", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "私家侦探" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "detektiv" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "privatdetektiv" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detective" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "speurder" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "detektivo" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "detektivino" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "detektiiv" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "yksityisetsivä" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "détective" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "enquêteur" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "enquêteuse" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "detective" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Detektiv" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Detektivin" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Privatdetektiv" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Privatdetektivin" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Privatermittler" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Privatermittlerin" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "colloquial", "masculine", "pejorative" ], "word": "Schnüffler" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "colloquial", "feminine", "pejorative" ], "word": "Schnüfflerin" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Ermittler" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "erevnitís", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ερευνητής" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "idiotikós erevnitís", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ιδιωτικός ερευνητής" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ntetéktiv", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "ντετέκτιβ" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "erevnítria", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ερευνήτρια" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "idiotikí erevnítria", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ιδιωτική ερευνήτρια" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "balásh", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "בַּלָּשׁ" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "balashít", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "בַּלָּשִׁית" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "magánnyomozó" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "detektív" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "detektivo" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "detektif" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bleachtaire" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "lorgaire" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "person employed to find information", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "investigatore" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tantei", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "探偵" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shiritsutantei", "sense": "person employed to find information", "word": "私立探偵" }, { 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