écoute
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.kut/
Etymology 1
Deverbal from écouter.
Noun
écoute f (plural écoutes)
- the act of listening
- (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)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
écoute
- inflection of écouter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “écoute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.