beholder

English

Beholder (sense 2): an oculate monster with a large central eye and mouth.

Etymology

behold +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈhəʊldə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈhoʊldɚ/
Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

beholder (plural beholders)

Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
(fantasy) A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.

Derived terms

Translations

someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator

Bulgarian: зрител (bg) (zritel), очевидец (bg) (očevidec)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旁觀者 (zh), 旁观者 (zh) (pángguānzhě)
Danish: betragter c
Finnish: katsoja (fi)
French: regardeur (fr) m, observateur (fr) m

German: Betrachter (de) m, Beobachter (de) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: betrakter (no) m
Russian: зри́тель (ru) m (zrítelʹ), очеви́дец (ru) m (očevídec)
Spanish: observador (es) m
Swedish: betraktare (sv) c, iakttagare (sv) c, åskådare (sv) c

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [b̥eˈhʌlˀɐ]

Noun

beholder c (singular definite beholderen, plural indefinite beholdere)

container (an item in which objects or materials can be stored or transported)
tank (container)

Inflection

Declension of beholder

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beholder	beholderen	beholdere	beholderne
genitive	beholders	beholderens	beholderes	beholdernes

Verb

beholder

present of beholde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Behälter

Noun

beholder m (definite singular beholderen, indefinite plural beholdere, definite plural beholderne)

a container

Etymology 2

Verb

beholder

present of beholde

References

“beholder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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