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informer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈfɔːɹ.məɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English enformour, from Anglo-Norman enfourmour; equivalent to inform + -er.

Meanings

1. One who informs someone else about something.
2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
   • He acted as an informer during the rebellion.
   • Being an informer often meant living in fear.
   • The police relied on an informer to catch the gang.
3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
   • 1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson Nature, informer of the poet's art.

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Synonyms

informant

Translations (67)

cs informátor (one who informs) · fr informateur (one who informs) · it informatore (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · gd brathadair (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · es informadora (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · be дано́счыца (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · cy amlygwr (one who informs) · de Tippgeber (one who informs) · ru информа́тор (one who informs) · ckb ئاگادار (one who informs) · de Ausplauderer (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · bg доно́сничка (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · es informador (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · pl informator (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · de Zuträger (one who informs) · grc συκοφάντης (one who informs) · de Verpfeifer (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · cs udavačka (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · ga brathadóir (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · es informadora (one who informs) · bg доно́сница (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · ru осведоми́тельница (one who informs) · de Denunziant (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · mi kaiwhakaatu (one who informs) · tl impormadora (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · el πληροφοριοδότης (one who informs) · pl informatorka (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · pl informator (one who informs) · fi tietolähde (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · he מַלְשִׁין (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · be дано́счык (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · ca informant (one who informs) · uk доно́щик (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · tl tagahimaton (one who informs) · tl impormador (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · got 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰 (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · he מוֹסֵר (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · ru стука́ч (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · tl impormador (one who informs) · uk доно́щиця (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · de Hinweisgeber (one who informs) · tl tagahimaton (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · de Informant (one who informs) · pt informador (one who informs) · ru доно́счица (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · pt informante (one who informs) · fi tietolähde (one who informs) · bg доно́сник (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · la dēlātor (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · cs udavač (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · pt delator (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · es informador (one who informs) · it divulgatore (one who informs) · ca informador (one who informs) · gl informante (one who informs) · it informatore (one who informs) · he מלשין (one who informs) · fi ilmiantaja (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · ru доно́счик (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · el καταδότης (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · ru осведоми́тель (one who informs) · ang melda (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · ky билмелөөчү (one who informs) · hu besúgó (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · tl impormadora (one who informs) · yi מסור (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity) · pt informante (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)