private detective

English

Noun

private detective (plural private detectives)

1. Any agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.

Synonyms

• dick
• gumshoe
• PI
• private dick
• private eye
• private investigator
• snoop

Translations

any agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 私家偵探／私家侦探 (si¹ gaa¹ zing¹ taam³), 私家侦探 (si¹ gaa¹ zing¹ taam³)

  Mandarin: 私人偵探／私人侦探 (sīrén zhēntàn), 私人侦探 (sīrén zhēntàn)

• Czech: soukromý detektiv m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: yksityisetsivä (fi)
• French: détective privé (fr) m
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• German: Privatdetektiv m
• Hungarian: magánnyomozó (hu)
• Russian: ча́стный детекти́в m (částnyj detektív), ча́стный сы́щик m (částnyj sýščik)
• Slovene: zasebni detektiv m
• Spanish: detective privado (es) m, investigador privado (es) m
• Turkish: özel dedektif, özel ajan