Quisling — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kwˈɪslɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/kwˈɪslɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kwˈɪslɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /kwˈɪslɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

collaborationist collaborator

Word Forms

collaborate	verb	cooperate as a traitor
collaboration	noun	act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country
collaborationism	noun	act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

collaborateur

quelqu'un qui collabore avec une force d'occupation ennemie

🇪🇸Spanish

traidor

alguien que colabora con una fuerza de ocupación enemiga

🇮🇹Italian

collaborazionista

qualcuno che collabora con una forza di occupazione nemica

🇷🇺Russian

Квислинг

тот, кто сотрудничает с вражескими оккупационными силами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग़द्दार

कोई व्यक्ति जो शत्रु पर कब्ज़ा करने वाली सेना के साथ सहयोग करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

কুইসলিং

কেউ যে শত্রু দখলকারী বাহিনীর সাথে সহযোগিতা করে

🇮🇳Tamil

குயிஸ்லிங்

எதிரி ஆக்கிரமிப்பு படையுடன் ஒத்துழைக்கும் ஒருவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్విస్లింగ్

శత్రువు ఆక్రమిత శక్తితో సహకరించే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્વિસલિંગ

કોઈ વ્યક્તિ જે દુશ્મન કબજે કરનાર દળ સાથે સહયોગ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ವಿಸ್ಲಿಂಗ್

ಶತ್ರು ಆಕ್ರಮಿತ ಶಕ್ತಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಹಕರಿಸುವ ಯಾರಾದರೂ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്വിസ്ലിംഗ്

ശത്രു അധിനിവേശ ശക്തിയുമായി സഹകരിക്കുന്ന ഒരാൾ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

吉斯林

与敌方占领军合作的人

🇯🇵Japanese

キスリング

敵占領軍と協力する人

🇰🇷Korean

퀴슬링

적 점령군과 협력하는 사람

🇹🇭Thai

การขว้างปา

คนที่ร่วมมือกับศัตรูที่กำลังยึดครอง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengkhianat

seseorang yang bekerja sama dengan kekuatan pendudukan musuh

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

کوئیسلینگ

کسی که با یک نیروی اشغالگر دشمن همکاری می کند

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוויזלינג

מישהו שמשתף פעולה עם כוח כובש של האויב

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