écoute
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
écoute f (plural écoutes)
- the act of listening
- (espionage) (always in plural) listening in, especially short for écoutes téléphoniques (phone hacking)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old French escote, from Old Norse skaut.
Noun edit
écoute f (plural écoutes)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
écoute
- inflection of écouter:
Further reading edit
- “écoute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.