Skip to content

informateur

informer, source

noun an-for-mah-TER Rare

Usage Note

informateur refers to a person who provides inside information, especially to police or journalists. The feminine form is informatrice. In law-enforcement contexts indicateur (familiarly indic) is a near-synonym used interchangeably.

Examples

"La police a protégé son informateur."

Natural Translation

The police protected their informer.

Explore French by topic