voyeur

See also: Voyeur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French voyeur, from the verb voir (to see).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /vwɑː.ˈjɜː/ /vɔɪ.ˈjɜː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /vwɑ.ˈjɜɹ/ /vɔɪ.ˈjɜr/

Noun

voyeur (plural voyeurs)

  1. A person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people, especially when such people are engaged in some sexual activity.
  2. An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.

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Czech

Noun

voyeur m

  1. voyeur

Further reading

  • voyeur in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • voyeur in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, diminutive voyeurtje n)

  1. voyeur

French

Etymology

From voir (to see) + -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vwa.jœʁ/

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, feminine voyeuse)

  1. observer; watcher
  2. voyeur, peeping tom

Further reading


Portuguese

Noun

voyeur m, f (plural voyeurs)

  1. voyeur (person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing others having sex)

Spanish

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs or voyeur)

  1. voyeur
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