нау́шник

rare #14802

nounmasculinecountable

1.
headphone, earphone
Я слу́шаю му́зыку в нау́шниках.
I listen to music with headphones on.
Usually used in the plural: наушники.
2.
earflap, earmuff
Зимой он но́сит ша́пку с нау́шниками.
In winter he wears a cap with earflaps.
Usually used in the plural: наушники.
3.
(rare) informer, telltale, tattletale
В кла́ссе его счита́ли нау́шником.
In class he was regarded as a telltale.
Dated and derogatory.

Usage info

Attention !
a person who is listening to secrets and tells these to others is animate in grammatical view.
the accusative is the same as genitive.

a headphone is inanimate in grammatical view.
the accusative is the same as nominative.

Радистка внимательно слушала сигналы через наушники
The radio operator listened attentively to the signals through her headphones.
Том купи́л но́вые наушники.
Tom bought a new set of headphones.
Он купил проводные наушники для компьютера.
He bought wired headphones for his computer.
Том воткну́л наушники в свой плеер.
Tom plugged his headphones into his music player.
Раздалбливающий асфальт рабочий надел наушники.
The worker chipping away at the asphalt put on ear protection.
Купи адаптер, чтобы подключить наушники.
Buy an adapter so you can connect the headphones.
Я купил шумоподавляющие наушники для работы.
I bought noise-cancelling headphones for work.
Том но́сит наушники.
Tom is wearing headphones.