информа́нт

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nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
informant, respondent, intervieweelinguistics
Лингви́ст записа́л речь информа́нта на диктофо́н.
The linguist recorded the informant's speech on a dictaphone.
Typical of linguistics, ethnography and sociology: the person interviewed or recorded by the researcher.
2.
subject, test subject, participantpsychology
Все информа́нты запо́лнили анке́ту пе́ред экспериме́нтом.
All the subjects filled in a questionnaire before the experiment.
Of a person taking part in an experiment or test series.

Examples

Информант рассказал учёным о диалекте своей деревни.
The informant told the researchers about the dialect of his village.
Каждый информант отвечал на вопросы анкеты добровольно.
Each informant answered the questionnaire voluntarily.

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