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écoute

/e.kut/

noun, feminine/e.kut/plural: écoutes

the act of listening; (always in plural) listening in, especially short for écoutes téléphoniques (phone hacking)

Deverbal from écouter.

noun, feminine/e.kut/plural: écoutes

sheet (line to control a sail)

Inherited from Old French escote, from Old Norse skaut.

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