écoute

See also: écouté and êcoute

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kut/

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

• à l’écoute
• écoute active
• écoutes téléphoniques
• poste d’écoute
• sur écoute

 

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

Further reading

• “écoute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• coutée, coûtée