écoute

See also: écouté and êcoute

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kut/
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Etymology 1

Deverbal from écouter.

Noun

écoute f (plural écoutes)

  1. the act of listening
  2. (espionage) (always in plural) listening in, especially short for écoutes téléphoniques (phone hacking)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French escote, from Old Norse skaut.

Noun

écoute f (plural écoutes)

  1. (nautical) sheet (line to control a sail)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

écoute

  1. inflection of écouter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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