tattletale

English

Etymology

tattle +‎ tale

Adjective

tattletale (not comparable)

1. telltale; giveaway

Translations

telltale

• German: verräterisch
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• Polish: skarżypyta (pl) m
• Portuguese: cabueta (pt)

Noun

tattletale (plural tattletales)

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

   Synonyms: tattler, whistle-blower, narc, 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

• Bashkir: ошаҡсы (oşaqsı)
• Cebuano: sumbongero
• Finnish: juorukello (fi)
• French: cafteur (fr) m, cafteuse (fr) f
• German: Petze (de) f, Verpetzer m, Verpfeifer m, Anschwärzer m
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• Latin: gestor (la) m
• Persian: چغل (fa) (čoğol)
• Polish: skarżypyta (pl) m or f
• Russian: я́беда (ru) m or f (jábeda)
• Spanish: acusica (es) f or m, cuentero (es) m, soplón m, hocicón (es) m, correveidile (es)
• Swedish: skvallerbytta (sv)

one who gossips

• Bashkir: ғәйбәтсе (ğəybətse), ошаҡсы (oşaqsı)
• 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
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• 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
• Swedish: skvallertant c, sladdertacka c

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose.