surveillant

sur·veil·lant

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ser-vey-luh nt, -veyl-yuh nt]
- /sərˈveɪ lənt, -ˈveɪl yənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ser-vey-luh nt, -veyl-yuh nt]
- /sərˈveɪ lənt, -ˈveɪl yənt/

Definitions of surveillant word

adjective surveillant exercising surveillance. 1
noun surveillant a person who exercises surveillance. 1
noun surveillant a person who watches, observes, or supervises 0

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Origin of surveillant

First appearance:

before 1810

One of the 40% newest English words

1810-20; < French, present participle of surveiller (see surveillance, -ant)

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Parts of speech for Surveillant

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Surveillant

surveillant popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for surveillant

noun surveillant

chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
duenna — (in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.

All 2 Synonyms of surveillant