English
Etymology
whistle + blower, referring to a police officer blowing their whistle on observing a violation of the law.
Pronunciation
Noun
whistle-blower (plural whistle-blowers)
- (idiomatic) One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer.
- We owe it to a small group of brave whistle-blowers that we know about the infractions at all.
Synonyms
Translations
one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities
- Armenian: ազդարար (hy) (azdarar)
- Bashkir: ошаҡсы (oşaqsı)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 告密者 (zh) (gàomìzhě), 舉報人／举报人, 举报人 (jǔbàorén), 告發者／告发者, 告发者 (gàofāzhě), 檢舉者／检举者, 检举者 (jiǎnjǔzhě)
- Czech: informátor m
- Danish: whistleblower c
- Dutch: klokkenluider (nl) m
- Finnish: ilmiantaja (fi)
- French: lanceur d’alerte (fr) m, dénonciateur (fr) m
- Georgian: ინფორმატორი (inpormaṭori), დამსმენი (damsmeni), მომხსენებელი (momxsenebeli)
- German: Whistleblower (de) m, Hinweisgeber m, Hinweisgeberin f, Enthüller m, Skandalaufdecker m
- Hungarian: informátor (hu)
- Icelandic: uppljóstrari m
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- Indonesian: pengungkap aib
- Italian: informatore (it) m
- Japanese: 内部告発者 (ないぶこくはつしゃ, naibukokuhatsusha)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: укажувач m (ukažuvač)
- Norwegian: fløyteblåser m, varsler (no) m
- Portuguese: delator (pt)
- Russian: осведоми́тель (ru) m (osvedomítelʹ), осведоми́тельница (ru) f (osvedomítelʹnica), информа́тор (ru) m (informátor), (disparaging) доно́счик (ru) m (donósčik), доно́счица (ru) f (donósčica)
- Serbo-Croatian: zviždač (sh) m
- Spanish: revelador de secretos, delator (es) en su trabajo, alertador m
- Swedish: visselblåsare c
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