tattletale

English

Etymology

From tattle +‎ tale.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/

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Adjective

tattletale (not comparable)

1. telltale; giveaway

Translations

telltale

• Dutch: onthullend (nl)
• German: verräterisch
• Portuguese: cabueta (pt)

Noun

tattletale (plural tattletales) (colloquial, chiefly childish)

1. One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.

   Synonyms: tattler, whistle-blower, nark, snitch; see also Thesaurus:informant

2. One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.

   Synonyms: gossip, rumourmonger; see also Thesaurus:gossiper

Translations

one who tattles

• Azerbaijani: xəbərçi
• Bashkir: ошаҡсы (oşaqsı)
• Cebuano: sumbongero
• Czech: žalobníček (cs) m
• Dutch: klikspaan (nl) m or f
• Finnish: juorukello (fi)
• French: cafteur (fr) m, cafteuse (fr) f
• German: Petze (de) f, Verpetzer m, Verpfeifer m, Anschwärzer m, Petzer (de)
• Indonesian: cepu (id) (slang)
• Latin: gestor (la) m
• Māori: pīwaiwaka
• Persian: چغل (fa) (čoġol)
• Plautdietsch: Pludadoos f
• Polish: skarżypyta (pl) m or f
• Portuguese: alcaguete (pt) m or f, delator (pt) m, dedo-duro (pt) m or f, queixinhas m or f
• Russian: я́беда (ru) m or f (jábeda)
• Spanish: acusica (es) f or m, cuentero (es) m, soplón (es) m, hocicón (es) m, correveidile (es)
• Swedish: skvallerbytta (sv)
• Turkish: gammaz (tr), ispiyoncu (tr)

one who gossips

• Azerbaijani: qeybətçi, xəbərçi
• Bashkir: ғәйбәтсе (ğəybətse), ошаҡсы (oşaqsı)
• Dutch: roddelaar (nl) m, roddelaarster (nl) f
• Esperanto: klaĉemulino, klaĉemulo
• French: commère (fr) f
• German: Klatschbase (de) f, Quasselstrippe (de) f, Quatschtüte f, Schwätzer (de) m / Schwätzerin (de) f, Tratschtante (de) f, Tratschliese f
• Italian: pettegolo (it) m, pettegola (it) f
• Portuguese: fofoqueiro (pt) m, mexeriqueiro (pt) m
• Russian: спле́тник (ru) m (splétnik), спле́тница (ru) f (splétnica), болту́н (ru) m (boltún), болту́нья (ru) f (boltúnʹja), болту́шка (ru) f (boltúška)
• Spanish: chismoso (es) m, hocicón (es) m, gacetilla (es)
• Swedish: skvallertant (sv) c, sladdertacka (sv) c

Verb

tattletale (third-person singular simple present tattletales, present participle tattletaling, simple past and past participle tattletaled)

1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, chiefly childish) To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose.