On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:09:44 GMT, JClark <jclark@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Hello,
>Is there a French equivalent for "stalk" or "stalker" or "stalking" as
>it is used in (recent) English? I refer to the behavior of following
>someone to harrass or with an unhealthy pursuit of that person. I
>asked a native French speaker, and she couldn't come up with an
>equivalent.
>
>I found "hanter" for a verb and "rôdeur" for "stalker" but I'm not
>sure these apply to this particular English use.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Jack
I'm out of my depth, but If my dictionary is anything to go by, there
is no equivalent. It has:-
stalk (vt)
a)
game, prey; traquer
victim; suivre partout
suspect; filer
b)
to stalk the streets/town etc (fear, disease, death) :régner dans les
rues/la ville etc
...so it looks like 'suivre partout' is the closest, and affirmed by
this example for 'stalker' (no single noun is offered)
she complained of being followed by a stalker: elle s'est plainte
d'un désaxé qui la suit partout.
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