Detective
//dɪˈtɛktɪv//
Translations of "detective" (70 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Arabic | مُحَقِّق(police officer who looks for evidence) | muḥaqqiq | |
| Armenian | խուզարկու(police officer who looks for evidence), խուզարկու(person employed to find information) | xuzarku, xuzarku | |
| Asturian | detective(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence), xəfiyyə(police officer who looks for evidence), xəfiyyəçi(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Belarusian | дэтэкты́ў(police officer who looks for evidence), сле́дчы(police officer who looks for evidence), шука́ч(police officer who looks for evidence) | detektýw, sljédčy, šukáč | |
| Bengali | গুপ্তচর(police officer who looks for evidence), গোয়েন্দা(police officer who looks for evidence) | guptocor, gōẇenda | |
| Bulgarian | детекти́в(police officer who looks for evidence), разузнава́ч(person employed to find information) | detektív, razuznaváč | |
| Burmese | စုံထောက်(police officer who looks for evidence) | cumhtauk | |
| Catalan | detectiu(police officer who looks for evidence), detectiu(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Cebuano | detektib(police officer who looks for evidence), detektib(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 偵探 /侦探(police officer who looks for evidence), 偵探 /侦探(person employed to find information), 探員 /探员(police officer who looks for evidence), 私人偵探 /私人侦探(person employed to find information), 私家偵探 /私家侦探(person employed to find information), 警探(police officer who looks for evidence) | zhēntàn, zhēntàn, tànyuán, sīrén zhēntàn, sījiā zhēntàn, jǐngtàn | |
| Czech | detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence), detektiv(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Danish | detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence), detektiv(person employed to find information), privatdetektiv(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Dutch | detective(police officer who looks for evidence), detective(person employed to find information), rechercheur(police officer who looks for evidence), speurder(police officer who looks for evidence), speurder(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Esperanto | detektivino(person employed to find information), detektivo(person employed to find information), policana detektivo(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Estonian | detektiiv(police officer who looks for evidence), detektiiv(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Finnish | etsivä(police officer who looks for evidence), yksityisetsivä(person employed to find information) | — | |
| French | détective(police officer who looks for evidence), détective(person employed to find information), enquêteur(person employed to find information), enquêteuse(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Friulian | investigadôr(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Galician | detective(police officer who looks for evidence), detective(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Georgian | დეტექტივი(police officer who looks for evidence) | deṭekṭivi | |
| German | Detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence), Detektiv(person employed to find information), Detektivin(person employed to find information), Ermittler(police officer who looks for evidence), Ermittler(person employed to find information), Ermittlerin(police officer who looks for evidence), Privatdetektiv(person employed to find information), Privatdetektivin(person employed to find information), Privatermittler(person employed to find information), Privatermittlerin(person employed to find information), Schnüffler(person employed to find information), Schnüfflerin(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Greek | αστυνομικός ερευνητής(police officer who looks for evidence), ερευνήτρια(person employed to find information), ερευνητής(police officer who looks for evidence), ερευνητής(person employed to find information), ιδιωτική ερευνήτρια(person employed to find information), ιδιωτικός ερευνητής(person employed to find information), ντετέκτιβ(police officer who looks for evidence), ντετέκτιβ(person employed to find information) | astynomikós erevnitís, erevnítria, erevnitís, erevnitís, idiotikí erevnítria, idiotikós erevnitís, ntetéktiv, ntetéktiv | |
| Hebrew | בַּלָּשִׁית(police officer who looks for evidence), בַּלָּשִׁית(person employed to find information), בַּלָּשׁ(police officer who looks for evidence), בַּלָּשׁ(person employed to find information), חוֹקֵר(police officer who looks for evidence), חוֹקֶרֶת(police officer who looks for evidence) | balashít, balashít, balásh, balásh, khokér, khokéret | |
| Hindi | खोजी(police officer who looks for evidence), गुप्तचर(police officer who looks for evidence), जाँचकर्ता(police officer who looks for evidence), जासूस(police officer who looks for evidence) | khojī, guptacar, jā̃ckartā, jāsūs | |
| Hungarian | detektív(police officer who looks for evidence), detektív(person employed to find information), magánnyomozó(person employed to find information), nyomozó(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Ido | detektivo(police officer who looks for evidence), detektivo(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Indonesian | detektif(police officer who looks for evidence), detektif(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | کارْآگاه(police officer who looks for evidence) | kâr'âgâh | |
| Irish | bleachtaire(police officer who looks for evidence), bleachtaire(person employed to find information), lorgaire(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Italian | detective(person employed to find information), investigatore(police officer who looks for evidence), investigatore(person employed to find information), investigatrice(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Japanese | 刑事(police officer who looks for evidence), 探偵(police officer who looks for evidence), 探偵(person employed to find information), 私立探偵(person employed to find information) | keiji, tantei, tantei, shiritsutantei | |
| Kazakh | детектив(police officer who looks for evidence), тыңшы(police officer who looks for evidence) | detektiv, tyñşy | |
| Khmer | គិញ(police officer who looks for evidence), ចារបុរស(police officer who looks for evidence), រន្ឋគវេសី(police officer who looks for evidence), ហិតប្រណី(police officer who looks for evidence), អ្នកយកការណ៍(police officer who looks for evidence) | kɨñ, caaraʼborɑh, ruənthĕəʼkĕəʼveisəy, hət pranəy, nĕək yɔɔ kɑɑ kaa | |
| Korean | 사립탐정(person employed to find information), 탐정(police officer who looks for evidence), 탐정(person employed to find information), 형사(police officer who looks for evidence) | sariptamjeong, tamjeong, tamjeong, hyeongsa | |
| Kyrgyz | аңдуучу(police officer who looks for evidence), сыщик(police officer who looks for evidence), тыңчы(police officer who looks for evidence) | aŋduucu, sışcik, tıŋcı | |
| Lao | ນັກສືບ(police officer who looks for evidence) | nak sư̄p | |
| Latin | inquīsītor(police officer who looks for evidence), inquīsītor(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Latvian | detektīvs(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Lithuanian | detektyvas(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Macedonian | детекти́в(police officer who looks for evidence), и́следник(person employed to find information), истра́жител(person employed to find information) | detektív, íslednik, istrážitel | |
| Malay | detektif(police officer who looks for evidence), mata gelap(police officer who looks for evidence), penyiasat(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Maltese | spjun(person employed to find information), spjuna(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Māori | kairapuhara(police officer who looks for evidence), tekitiwhi(police officer who looks for evidence), titeketiwhi(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | dedektîf(police officer who looks for evidence), xefiye(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence), politietterforsker(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence), politietterforskar(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Pashto | سراغي(police officer who looks for evidence), موشک(police officer who looks for evidence) | sorāǧi, mošak | |
| Polish | detektyw(police officer who looks for evidence), detektyw(person employed to find information), oficer śledczy(police officer who looks for evidence), śledczy(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Portuguese | detetive(police officer who looks for evidence), detetive(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Romanian | detectiv(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Romansch | detectiv(person employed to find information), investigader(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Russian | детекти́в(police officer who looks for evidence), детекти́в(person employed to find information), ище́йка(police officer who looks for evidence), операти́вник(police officer who looks for evidence), сле́дователь(police officer who looks for evidence), сы́щик(police officer who looks for evidence), сы́щик(person employed to find information) | dɛtɛktív, dɛtɛktív, iščéjka, operatívnik, slédovatelʹ, sýščik, sýščik | |
| Serbo-Croatian | detèktīv(police officer who looks for evidence), istràžitelj(police officer who looks for evidence), детѐктӣв(police officer who looks for evidence), истра̀житељ(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Slovak | detektív(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Slovene | detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence), detektivka(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Spanish | detective(police officer who looks for evidence), detective(person employed to find information), inspector(police officer who looks for evidence), investigador privado(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Swedish | detektiv(person employed to find information), kriminalpolis(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Tagalog | tiktik(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Tajik | муфаттиш(police officer who looks for evidence) | mufattiš | |
| Thai | นักสืบ(police officer who looks for evidence), นักสืบ(person employed to find information) | nák-sʉ̀ʉp, nák-sʉ̀ʉp | |
| Turkish | dedektif(police officer who looks for evidence), hafiye(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Ukrainian | детекти́в(police officer who looks for evidence), ни́шпорка(police officer who looks for evidence), си́щик(police officer who looks for evidence), сліде́ць(police officer who looks for evidence) | detektýv, nýšporka, sýščyk, slidécʹ | |
| Urdu | جاسُوس(police officer who looks for evidence), سُراغ رَساں(police officer who looks for evidence), سُراغی(police officer who looks for evidence), کھوجی(police officer who looks for evidence) | jāsūs, surāġ rasā̃, surāġī, khojī | |
| Uzbek | aygʻoqchi(police officer who looks for evidence), detektiv(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Vietnamese | thám tử(police officer who looks for evidence), thám tử tư(person employed to find information) | — | |
| Welsh | ditectif(police officer who looks for evidence), ditectif(person employed to find information) | — | |
| West-Frisian | resjersjeur(police officer who looks for evidence) | — | |
| Yiddish | דעטעקטיוו(police officer who looks for evidence), דעטעקטיוו(person employed to find information) | detektiv, detektiv |
detektiv
detective
detektiv, xəfiyyə, xəfiyyəçi
detectiu, detectiu
detektib, detektib
偵探 /侦探, 偵探 /侦探, 探員 /探员, 私人偵探 /私人侦探, 私家偵探 /私家侦探, 警探
zhēntàn, zhēntàn, tànyuán, sīrén zhēntàn, sījiā zhēntàn, jǐngtàn
detektiv, detektiv
detektiv, detektiv, privatdetektiv
detective, detective, rechercheur, speurder, speurder
detektivino, detektivo, policana detektivo
detektiiv, detektiiv
etsivä, yksityisetsivä
détective, détective, enquêteur, enquêteuse
investigadôr
detective, detective
Detektiv, Detektiv, Detektivin, Ermittler, Ermittler, Ermittlerin, Privatdetektiv, Privatdetektivin, Privatermittler, Privatermittlerin, Schnüffler, Schnüfflerin
αστυνομικός ερευνητής, ερευνήτρια, ερευνητής, ερευνητής, ιδιωτική ερευνήτρια, ιδιωτικός ερευνητής, ντετέκτιβ, ντετέκτιβ
astynomikós erevnitís, erevnítria, erevnitís, erevnitís, idiotikí erevnítria, idiotikós erevnitís, ntetéktiv, ntetéktiv
בַּלָּשִׁית, בַּלָּשִׁית, בַּלָּשׁ, בַּלָּשׁ, חוֹקֵר, חוֹקֶרֶת
balashít, balashít, balásh, balásh, khokér, khokéret
detektív, detektív, magánnyomozó, nyomozó
detektivo, detektivo
detektif, detektif
bleachtaire, bleachtaire, lorgaire
detective, investigatore, investigatore, investigatrice
គិញ, ចារបុរស, រន្ឋគវេសី, ហិតប្រណី, អ្នកយកការណ៍
kɨñ, caaraʼborɑh, ruənthĕəʼkĕəʼveisəy, hət pranəy, nĕək yɔɔ kɑɑ kaa
inquīsītor, inquīsītor
detektīvs
detektyvas
detektif, mata gelap, penyiasat
spjun, spjuna
kairapuhara, tekitiwhi, titeketiwhi
dedektîf, xefiye
detektiv, politietterforsker
detektiv, politietterforskar
detektyw, detektyw, oficer śledczy, śledczy
detetive, detetive
detectiv
detectiv, investigader
детекти́в, детекти́в, ище́йка, операти́вник, сле́дователь, сы́щик, сы́щик
dɛtɛktív, dɛtɛktív, iščéjka, operatívnik, slédovatelʹ, sýščik, sýščik
detèktīv, istràžitelj, детѐктӣв, истра̀житељ
detektív
detektiv, detektivka
detective, detective, inspector, investigador privado
detektiv, kriminalpolis
tiktik
dedektif, hafiye
aygʻoqchi, detektiv
thám tử, thám tử tư
ditectif, ditectif
resjersjeur
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.