WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| eavesdropping n | (listening surreptitiously) (figuré) | écouter aux portes loc v |
| | Do you think my mother knows about my eavesdropping last night while she was on the phone? |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| eavesdrop⇒ vi | (listen secretly) (figuré) | écouter aux portes loc v |
| | I didn't intend to eavesdrop but they were talking just outside my door. |
| | Je ne voulais pas écouter aux portes, c'est juste qu'ils parlaient juste devant ma porte. |
| eavesdrop on [sb/sth] vi + prep | (listen secretly to) | espionner⇒ vtr |
| | (une conversation,...) | écouter⇒ vtr |
| | How did you know that? Were you eavesdropping on my phone call? |