informant
English
/ɪnˈfɔːmənt/, /ɪnˈfɔɹmənt/
noun
Definitions
- One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
- (linguistics) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.
Etymology
Suffix from English inform.
Origin
English
inform
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disinform English
- disinformant English
- form English
- inform English
- informative English
- informed English
- informee English
- informer English
- informest English
- informeth English
- misinform English
- misinformant English
- multiinformant English
- overinform English
- reinform English
- uninform English
- informare Latin
- informare Italian
- informen Middle English
- impormante Tagalog