See whistle-blower in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"word": "whistle blower"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "azdarar",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "ազդարար"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "oşaqsı",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "ошаҡсы"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gàomìzhě",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "告密者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "舉報人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jǔbàorén",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "举报人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "告發者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gàofāzhě",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "告发者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "檢舉者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnjǔzhě",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "检举者"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "informátor"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "whistleblower"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klokkenluider"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "ilmiantaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lanceur d’alerte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lanceuse d’alerte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dénonciateur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dénonciatrice"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malsín"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chileta"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lengoreteiro"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "inpormaṭori",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "ინფორმატორი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "damsmeni",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "დამსმენი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "momxsenebeli",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "მომხსენებელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Whistleblower"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hinweisgeber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hinweisgeberin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Enthüller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Skandalaufdecker"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "informátor"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uppljóstrari"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "pengungkap aib"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sceithire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "informatore"
},
{
"alt": "ないぶこくはつしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naibukokuhatsusha",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "内部告発者"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "naebugobalja",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "내부고발자"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "svirkač",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свиркач"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fløyteblåser"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "varsler"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sygnalista"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "delator"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osvedomítelʹ",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "осведоми́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osvedomítelʹnica",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "осведоми́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "informátor",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "информа́тор"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "donósčik",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine"
],
"word": "доно́счик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "donósčica",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доно́счица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "звиждач"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zviždač"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "revelador de secretos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "delator en su trabajo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alertador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "denunciante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcaucil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "propalador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pregonante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "visselblåsare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "muhbir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "informátor",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "інформа́тор"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "informátorka",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "інформа́торка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "người thổi còi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "người tố cáo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities",
"word": "người tố giác"
}
],
"word": "whistle-blower"
}
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