<insect> bug (spy device) 9 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Bulgarian
lexeme бръмбар
meaning 1 beetle (insect of order Coleoptera)
direction
meaning 2 bug (spy device)
reference RNBE
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Czech
lexeme štěnice
meaning 1 bedbug
direction
meaning 2 bug (spy device)

Multifunkční detektor štěnic, resp. jakéhokoliv bezdrátového signálu Vám snadno pomůže odhalit, zda nejste sledován. https://www.spionsvet.cz/detektory.k124.html


A multifunctional detector of bugs or any wireless signal will easily help you detect whether you are being watched.

reference SSJČ <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme bug
meaning 1 bug (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera; (informal) any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest
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meaning 2 concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device

We installed a bug in his telephone.

reference OED Merriam-Webster
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Wanze
meaning 1 an insect of the suborder Heteroptera, a bug (in the strictest sense)
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meaning 2 a small, well-concealed listening device

Eine Zeit lang belauschten ihn die Ermittler mit Wanzen und lüfteten so wohl eines der ältesten Geheimnisse der Cosa Nostra, das lautete: Wer war der Mörder von Joe Petrosino, dem ersten prominenten Mafiajäger? [Kleine Zeitung, 24.06.2014]

So kann derzeit nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass Russland über Wanzen in den Hotelräumen das Gespräch abhörte. [Der Tagesspiegel, 05.03.2024]

Sodann zwangen die Angeklagten den Schuldner, sich komplett zu entkleiden und suchten ihn nach eventuellen Wanzen ab. [Hamburger Abendblatt, 12.02.2024]

reference DWDS
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme cimice
meaning 1 bug (Heteroptera), bedbug
direction
meaning 2 bug (spy device)
reference Vocabolario Treccani
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Derivation
language Jèrriais (Jersey Norman French)
lexeme 1 bog'se
lexeme 2 bog'se d'êcoute-pathai
meaning 1 bug
direction
meaning 2 bug (spy device)
reference <personally collected data>
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Les Pages Jèrriaises // Tchiques néologismes en Jèrriais https://members.societe-jersiaise.org/geraint/jerriais/neologismes.html

ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme κοριός
meaning 1 bug (Heteroptera), bedbug
direction
meaning 2 bug (spy device)
reference DSMG
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Polish
lexeme pluskwa
meaning 1 bedbug
direction
meaning 2 a small device mounted in an inconspicuous place, allowing you to eavesdrop on someone

Także w naszym regionie było kilka afer z podsłuchami, ale nigdy nie ustalono osób, które montowały pluskwy.
NKJP: Witold Pustułka: Pułapka na gadatliwych, Dziennik Zachodni, 2007-03-30


There were also several wiretapping scandals in our region, but the people who installed the bugs were never identified.

reference WSJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme жучок
meaning 1 small beetle

А вот этот серенький жучок — песчаный медляк… [Владимир Ланг. Калейдоскоп детства // «Ковчег», 2013]

direction
meaning 2 (coloquial) bug (spy device)

Если бы ему полгода назад сказали, что в его доме жучок, это стало бы для Игоря основанием, чтобы поменять жилище, и уж тем более Игорь не стал бы спрашивать какой-либо оценки своих поступков у человека, который за ним следил. [А. Б. Сальников. Отдел // «Волга», 2015]

reference BTS
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