espionner
French, verb/ɛs.pjɔ.ne/
espionner is spelled E-S-P-I-O-N-N-E-R (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espionner is a French verb meaning “to spy (to act as a spy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Observer, surveiller sournoisement quelqu’un dans ses actions, dans ses discours pour en faire un rapport”.
What does espionner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spy (to act as a spy)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Observer, surveiller sournoisement quelqu’un dans ses actions, dans ses discours pour en faire un rapport. 2. Épier ; guetter ; surveiller.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espionner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- espionnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- espionné participle past
- espionne first-person indicative present
- espionnes indicative present second-person
- espionnons first-person indicative plural
- espionnez indicative plural present
- espionnent indicative plural present
- espionnais first-person imperfect indicative
- espionnait imperfect indicative singular
- espionnions first-person imperfect indicative
- espionniez imperfect indicative plural
- espionnaient imperfect indicative plural
- espionnai first-person historic indicative
- espionnas historic indicative past
- espionna historic indicative past
- espionnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espionner?
- /ɛs.pjɔ.ne/
- \ɛs.pjɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espionner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espionner in French?
espionner appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).