peephole

English

Etymology

peep +‎ hole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːphəʊl/
• IPA^(key): /piphoʊl/, IPA^(key): /pʰiphoʊɫ/

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• Hyphenation: peep‧hole

Noun

peephole (plural peepholes)

1. A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

Synonyms

• spyhole

Translations

hole

• Bulgarian: шпионка (bg) f (špionka)
• Catalan: espiera (ca) f, espiell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (a small hole or opening) 窺視孔／窥视孔, 窥视孔 (kuīshì kǒng), (a glass device) 門鏡／门镜 (ménjìng), 门镜 (ménjìng), 貓眼／猫眼 (zh) (māoyǎn), 猫眼 (zh) (māoyǎn), 窺視鏡／窥视镜 (kuīshìjìng), 窥视镜 (kuīshìjìng)

• Finnish: ovisilmä (fi); kurkistusreikä, kurkistusaukko, kurkistusluukku
• French: judas (fr) m
• German: Spion (de) m, Türspion (de) m
• Hungarian: kémlelőnyílás (hu), kukucskáló
• Japanese: 覗き穴 (のぞきあな, nozoki-ana)
• Macedonian: шпионка f (špionka)
• Norman: ouïe d'l'us
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tittehull n

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• Persian: چشمی (fa) (češmi)
• Polish: wizjer (pl) m, judasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: olho mágico m
• Russian: глазо́к (ru) m (glazók), смотрово́е отве́рстие n (smotrovóje otvérstije), смотрова́я щель f (smotrovája ščelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зурка f, шпијунка f

  Roman: zurka (sh) f, špijunka (sh) f

• Spanish: mirilla f
• Swedish: kikhål n
• Thai: ตาแมว (dtaa-mɛɛo)
• Turkish: gözetleme deliği (tr), kapı dürbünü
• Volapük: logedahog