eavesdrop

Etymology

 * the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense.

Verb

 * 1)   To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
 * I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.
 * 1)  To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.

Usage notes
To eavesdrop usually implies the listener is purposefully trying to hear the conversation of others. To is more often accidental.

Translations

 * Armenian:, , թաքուն լսել
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chichewa: ba mawu
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 竊聽
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: odposlouchávat, odposlechnout
 * Danish: smuglytte, aflytte, lytte
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: subaŭskulti
 * Finnish:
 * French: être aux écoutes, écouter secrètement, écouter discrètement
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: לצותת
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:,  ,
 * Irish: cúléist
 * Italian: origliare
 * Japanese: 立ち聞き
 * Khmer: លួចស្ដាប់
 * Korean: 엿듣다
 * Macedonian: прислушкува, прислушува
 * Manx: cooyl-eaisht, eaisht gyn yss
 * Maori: whakarongo kōrero
 * Norwegian: overhøre, tjuvlytte, tyvlytte
 * Persian:, , استراق سمع کردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ouvir/escutar escondido
 * Romanian: trage cu urechea, asculta pe furiș
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèan farchluais
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: načúvať, odpočúvať
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ดักฟัง
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,

Noun

 * 1) The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.
 * 2) The space around a house on which such water drips.
 * 3)  A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.
 * 4)  The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard.
 * Were you having a little eavesdrop on us last night?

Translations

 * Bulgarian: капчук
 * Italian: sgocciolatoio, sgocciolio


 * Finnish: räystäänalunen
 * French:
 * Italian: sgocciolatoio


 * German: