écoute

See also: écouté and êcoute

French

Etymology 1

From écouter.

Noun

écoute f (plural écoutes)

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

Derived terms

• écoutes téléphoniques

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skaut.

Noun

écoute f (plural écoutes)

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

Verb

écoute

1. first-person singular present indicative of écouter
2. third-person singular present indicative of écouter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of écouter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of écouter
5. second-person singular imperative of écouter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• coutée, coûtée