"detective" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Español]

IPA: [d̪e.t̪ekˈt̪i.β̞e] Forms: detectives [plural]
Rhymes: i.be Etymology: Del inglés detective. Similar a detecto y el sufijo -ivo.
  1. Oficial de policía o investigador privado cuya función es buscar información como evidencia para resolver un crimen. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: es-detective-es-noun-g-aWxH2G Categories (other): ES:Términos obsoletos
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (Oficial de policía o investigador privado cuya función es buscar información como evidencia para resolver un crimen.): investigador privado, detective privado Translations: Detektiv [masculine] (Alemán), détective [masculine] (Francés), ντετέκτιβ [masculine] (Griego), ντεντέκτιβ [feminine] (Griego), detective (Inglés), detetive [masculine] (Italiano), investigatore [masculine] (Italiano)

Noun [Inglés]

IPA: /dɪˈtɛk.tɪv/, /dɪˈtek.tɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detective.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-detective.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-detective.wav Forms: detective [singular], detectives [plural]
Etymology: De detect y el sufijo -ive.
  1. Detective.
    Sense id: es-detective-en-noun-mJuKcJIJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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  "etymology_text": "Del inglés detective. Similar a detecto y el sufijo -ivo.",
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    "longitud silábica": "tetrasílaba"
  },
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      "form": "detectives",
      "raw_tags": [
        ")",
        "¦"
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "de-tec-ti-ve",
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      "sense": "Oficial de policía o investigador privado cuya función es buscar información como evidencia para resolver un crimen.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "investigador privado"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Oficial de policía o investigador privado cuya función es buscar información como evidencia para resolver un crimen.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "detective privado"
    }
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    {
      "word": "detective privado"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "[d̪e.t̪ekˈt̪i.β̞e]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "i.be"
    }
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    "masculine"
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      "lang": "Alemán",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Detektiv"
    },
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      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "détective"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Griego",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ντετέκτιβ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Griego",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ντεντέκτιβ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Inglés",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "detective"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detetive"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "investigatore"
    }
  ],
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}

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    },
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    }
  ],
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    "longitud silábica": "trisílaba"
  },
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    {
      "form": "detective",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "detectives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "Detective."
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1"
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    "ES:Palabras llanas",
    "ES:Palabras provenientes del inglés",
    "ES:Palabras tetrasílabas",
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    "Español-Alemán",
    "Español-Francés",
    "Español-Griego",
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  },
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    }
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      "sense": "Oficial de policía o investigador privado cuya función es buscar información como evidencia para resolver un crimen.",
      "sense_index": "1",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "Oficial de policía o investigador privado cuya función es buscar información como evidencia para resolver un crimen.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "detective privado"
    }
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    {
      "word": "detective privado"
    }
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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    },
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      "rhymes": "i.be"
    }
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    "masculine"
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Detektiv"
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        "masculine"
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      "lang_code": "el",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "detective"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detetive"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    "EN:Palabras trisílabas",
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  },
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      "form": "detective",
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