tattletale

English

Etymology

From tattle +‎ tale.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tattletale (not comparable)

telltale; giveaway

Translations

telltale

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

Noun

tattletale (plural tattletales)

One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.
Synonyms: tattler, whistle-blower, narc, snitch; see also Thesaurus:informant
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
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
Latin: gestor (la) m
Persian: چغل (fa) (čoğol)
Plautdietsch: Pludadoos f
Polish: skarżypyta (pl) 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
Italian: pettegolo (it) m, pettegola (it) f
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)

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