listening device in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for listening device in the English»French Dictionary

listening device N

listening device

système m d'écoute

Translations for listening device in the French»English Dictionary

un appareil d'écoute

a listening device

Translations for listening device in the English»French Dictionary

I.listen [Brit ˈlɪs(ə)n, Am ˈlɪs(ə)n] N

to have a listen to sth

écouter qc

have a listen to this!

écoute un peu ça!

it's well worth a listen

ça vaut la peine de l'écouter

II.listen [Brit ˈlɪs(ə)n, Am ˈlɪs(ə)n] VB intr

1. listen (to words, music, sounds):

listen

écouter

to listen at the door

écouter aux portes

to listen to sb doing

écouter qn faire

I was listening to her singing/playing the piano

je l'écoutais chanter/jouer du piano

listen to this!

écoute un peu ça!

to listen to sb/sth

écouter qn/qc

‘you're listening to…’ RADIO

‘vous écoutez…’, ‘vous êtes à l'écoute de …’

2. listen (pay heed):

listen

écouter

listen carefully!

écoutez attentivement!

sorry, I wasn't listening

excusez-moi, je n'écoutais pas

you just never listen, do you?

tu n'écoutes donc jamais (ce qu'on te dit)?

listen, can you come tomorrow?

écoute, est-ce que tu peux venir demain?

to listen to teacher, adviser

écouter

to listen to advice/reason

écouter un conseil/la voix de la raison

don't listen to them

ne les écoute pas

Phrases:

to listen for (wait for) voice, sound, signal

guetter

I listened for sounds of crying

je guettais le moindre pleurnichement

listening [Brit ˈlɪsnɪŋ, Am ˈlɪs(ə)nɪŋ] N

it makes interesting/exciting listening

c'est intéressant/passionnant à écouter

‘easy listening’ MUS

‘variétés’ fpl

device [Brit dɪˈvʌɪs, Am dəˈvaɪs] N

1. device (household):

device

appareil m

2. device TECH:

device

dispositif m

a device for measuring/to measure

un dispositif pour mesurer

3. device (system):

device

système m

security device

système m de sécurité

security device

dispositif m de sécurité

4. device COMPUT:

device

périphérique m

5. device:

device, a. explosive device, incendiary device (bomb)

engin m explosif

6. device fig:

device (means) (gen)

moyen m (for doing, to do de or pour faire)

device ECON

mesure f (for doing, to do pour faire)

7. device LIT:

device

procédé m

8. device HERALD:

device

emblème m

to be left to one's own devices

être laissé à soi-même

to leave sb to their own devices

laisser qn se débrouiller tout seul

listening device in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for listening device in the English»French Dictionary

I.listen [ˈlɪsən] N inf

to have a listen to sth

prêter l'oreille à qc

John, have a listen to this!

Jean, écoute ça un peu !

II.listen [ˈlɪsən] VB intr

to listen to sb/sth

écouter qn/qc

to listen with half an ear

écouter d'une oreille distraite

to listen to reason

écouter la voix de la raison

to listen to sb playing music

écouter qn jouer de la musique

to listen (out) for sth

tendre l'oreille pour entendre qc

will you listen out for the phone ?

peux-tu surveiller le téléphone ?

listening N no pl

listening

écoute f

device [dɪˈvaɪs] N

1. device (mechanism):

device

machine f

2. device (method):

device

moyen m

a literary/rhetorical device

un outil littéraire/rhétorique

3. device (bomb):

device

bombe f

4. device COMPUT:

device

périphérique m

Phrases:

to leave sb to their own devices

laisser qn se débrouiller seul

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These efforts range from detecting a simple listening device in the wall to countering the most sophisticated electronic eavesdropping devices and systems.

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In addition, a police detective wearing a listening device started visiting the trailer.

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For example, a covert listening device (bug) gives visitors the sense of being under surveillance.

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A listening device has been discovered during sweeps for bugs at government ministers' homes.

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He plants a covert listening device in the mall property company's office to try to learn more about the bombers.

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Dai remained in a car parked on the street with some kind of listening device.

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It turned out the pings probably came from the search ship itself or its own towed listening device.

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The listening device was controlled and monitored by satellite.

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In order to gather evidence, he will, disguised as the colonel's temporary typist, place a listening device in the colonel's office.

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Occasionally the great hall would have an early listening device system, allowing conversations to be heard in the lord's bedroom above.

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