écouteur

Definitions of écouteur
  1. noun
    a secret listener to private conversations
    synonyms: fouine
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    type of:
    auditeur
    someone who listens attentively
  2. noun
    electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
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    types:
    récepteur
    earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
    type of:
    transducteur électro-accoustique
    a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa
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