detektiv

Borrowed from English detective.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtɛktɪf]
• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtɛktiːf]
• Hyphenation: de‧tek‧tiv

detektiv m anim

1. detective

• “detektiv”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “detektiv”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From English detective.

detektiv m (definite singular detektiven, indefinite plural detektiver, definite plural detektivene)

1. a detective

• detektivarbeid

• “detektiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English detective.

detektiv m (definite singular detektiven, indefinite plural detektivar, definite plural detektivane)

1. a detective

• detektivarbeid

• “detektiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

detèktīv m anim (Cyrillic spelling детѐктӣв)

1. detective

From English detective. Adjective sense attested since 1851. Noun sense attested since 1872.

• IPA^(key): /dɛtɛkˈtiːv/

detektiv (comparative detektivare, superlative detektivast)

1. related to the detection of crime

   Synonyms: krim, kriminal-

detektiv c

1. a private detective

   Synonym: privatdetektiv

2. (obsolete, law enforcement) a detective, a type of police

   Synonym: kriminalpolis

   • 1879, Janne Bruzelius, En ödets kastboll‎^[1], page 80:

     Då mr Brown nästa morgon anlände till sin office, väntade honom derstädes en detektiv, som meddelade, att uti Charminghouse påträffats en främling, hvars yttre öfverensstämde med det till efterspaning inlemnade signalementet [...]

     When Mr Brown arrived at his office the next morning, a detective awaited him there, who announced that a stranger had been found in Charminghouse, the exterior of which matched the signal submitted for reconnaissance [...]

• detektiv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• detektiv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)