# spion
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle French espion (“spy”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

spion m (plural spionnen, diminutive spionnetje n, feminine spionne)
* spy, person who secretly gathers information
* a dog breed for the partridge hunt

#### Derived terms

* dubbelspion
* spionage
* spioneren
* spionitis
* spionkop
* bespioneren

#### Related terms

* spieden, bespieden
* spieder, bespieder

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: spion

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Spion (“spy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃpijon]
* Hyphenation: spi‧on
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

spion (plural spionok)
* secret agent, undercover agent, informer, mole, fink
    Synonyms: titkos ügynök, besúgó, spicli
* (archaic) spy
    Synonym: kém

#### Derived terms

* spionázs
* spioníroz
* spionkodik

### References

* ↑ spion in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* spion in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch spion.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈspiɔn]
* Hyphenation: spi‧on

### Noun

spion (uncountable)
* spy
    Synonyms: agen rahasia, mata-mata, intelijen
* detective
    Synonym: detektif

#### Derived terms

* berspion
* menspion

#### Related terms

* kontraspionase
* spionase

### Noun

spion (uncountable)
* (colloquial) side mirror, outside mirror, wing mirror (automobile)

#### Alternative forms

* sepion

### Further reading

* “spion” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

spion m (definite singular spionen, indefinite plural spioner, definite plural spionene)
* a spy

#### Related terms

* spionasje
* spionere

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

spion m (definite singular spionen, indefinite plural spionar, definite plural spionane)
* a spy

#### Derived terms

* spionasje

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Spion or Italian spione.

### Noun

spion m (plural spioni)
* spy

#### Related terms

* spiona
* spionaj

### Further reading

* spion in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German Spion, from Italian spione. Cognate of French espion. Ultimately of Germanic origin. Related to speja.

### Noun

spion c
* a spy

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | spion | spions |
| singular | definite | spionen | spionens |
| plural | indefinite | spioner | spioners |
| plural | definite | spionerna | spionernas |

#### Synonyms

* kunskapare

#### Derived terms

* industrispion
* kontraspion
* spionaffär
* spionfilm
* spionflygning
* spionhistoria
* spionkamera
* spionmisstänkt
* spionnät
* spionorgan
* spionorganisation
* spionplan
* spionprogram
* spionroman
* spionsatellit
* spionthriller
* spionöga
* storspion

#### Related terms

* spionage
* spionera
* spioneri

### References

* spion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* spion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* spion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* spion in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* pions