spia
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See also: śpią
Breton[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French espier.
Verb[edit]
spia
- to spy
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ia
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from a Germanic language, perhaps Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha) or from a Frankish cognate,[1] ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”). Cognates include obsolete French épie (“spy”), Spanish espía (“spy”), English spy and German spähen (“to peek, to spy”).
Noun[edit]
spia f (plural spie)
- spy, bug
- Synonym: agente segreto
- spy, informer, infiltrator, telltale, fink, grass
- Synonyms: informatore, spione, delatore, confidente
- (in a car, electric device, etc.) light, gauge, indicator
- Synonyms: luce, indicatore
- spia dell'olio ― oil light
- (figurative) sign, indication, symptom
Related terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
spia (invariable)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
spia
- inflection of spiare:
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Slovak[edit]
Verb[edit]
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Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
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Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Breton terms borrowed from Old French
- Breton terms derived from Old French
- Breton lemmas
- Breton verbs
- Rhymes:Italian/ia
- Rhymes:Italian/ia/2 syllables
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms borrowed from Germanic languages
- Italian terms derived from Germanic languages
- Italian terms derived from Gothic
- Italian terms derived from Frankish
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian terms with usage examples
- Italian adjectives
- Italian indeclinable adjectives
- Italian relational adjectives
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Slovak non-lemma forms
- Slovak verb forms
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns