spion

See also: Spion, spíon, and špión

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French espion (“spy”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

spion m (plural spionnen, diminutive spionnetje n, feminine spionne)

  1. spy, person who secretly gathers information
  2. a dog breed for the partridge hunt

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: spion

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Spion (“spy”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃpijon]
  • Hyphenation: spi‧on
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

spion (plural spionok)

  1. secret agent, undercover agent, informer, mole, fink
    Synonyms: titkos ügynök, besúgó, spicli
  2. (archaic) spy
    Synonym: kém

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative spion spionok
accusative spiont spionokat
dative spionnak spionoknak
instrumental spionnal spionokkal
causal-final spionért spionokért
translative spionná spionokká
terminative spionig spionokig
essive-formal spionként spionokként
essive-modal — —
inessive spionban spionokban
superessive spionon spionokon
adessive spionnál spionoknál
illative spionba spionokba
sublative spionra spionokra
allative spionhoz spionokhoz
elative spionból spionokból
delative spionról spionokról
ablative spiontól spionoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 spioné spionoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 spionéi spionokéi
Possessive forms of spion
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. spionom spionjaim
2nd person sing. spionod spionjaid
3rd person sing. spionja spionjai
1st person plural spionunk spionjaink
2nd person plural spionotok spionjaitok
3rd person plural spionjuk spionjaik

Derived terms

References
  1. spion in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • spion in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch spion.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈspiɔn]
  • Hyphenation: spi‧on

Noun

spion (first-person possessive spionku, second-person possessive spionmu, third-person possessive spionnya)

  1. spy
    Synonyms: agen rahasia, mata-mata, intelijen
  2. detective
    Synonym: detektif

Derived terms
  • berspion
  • menspion

Noun

spion (first-person possessive spionku, second-person possessive spionmu, third-person possessive spionnya)

  1. (colloquial) side mirror, outside mirror, wing mirror (automobile)

Alternative forms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

spion m (definite singular spionen, indefinite plural spioner, definite plural spionene)

  1. a spy

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spion m (definite singular spionen, indefinite plural spionar, definite plural spionane)

  1. a spy

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spion or Italian spione.

Noun

spion m (plural spioni)

  1. spy

Declension
Declension of spion
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) spion spionul (niște) spioni spionii
genitive/dative (unui) spion spionului (unor) spioni spionilor
vocative spionule spionilor

Swedish

Etymology

From German Spion, from Italian spione. Cognate of French espion. Ultimately of Germanic origin. Related to speja.

Noun

spion c

  1. a spy

Declension
Declension of spion 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spion spionen spioner spionerna
Genitive spions spionens spioners spionernas

Synonyms

References

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