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- [in-fawr-muh nt]
- /ɪnˈfɔr mənt/
- /ɪnˈfɔː.mənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in-fawr-muh nt]
- /ɪnˈfɔr mənt/
Definitions of informant word
- noun informant a person who informs or gives information; informer. 1
- noun informant a person who supplies social or cultural data in answer to the questions of an investigator. 1
- noun informant Linguistics. a native speaker of a language who supplies utterances and forms for one analyzing or learning the language. 1
- noun informant A person who gives information to another. 1
- noun informant sb who gives information 1
- noun informant sb who gives information to police 1
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Origin of informant
First appearance:
before 1655 One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; < Latin infōrmant- (stem of infōrmāns) present participle of infōrmāre. See inform1, -ant
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Parts of speech for Informant
noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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informant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
informant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for informant
noun informant
- rat — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- sneak — to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- fink — a strikebreaker.
- stoolie — a pigeon used as a decoy.
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