viewer

English

Etymology

From Middle English vewer; equivalent to view +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvjuːə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvju.ɚ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

viewer (plural viewers)

1. Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
   • 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11:

     This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.

   • 2014 February 13, Heather Kelly, “The bizarre, lucrative world of ‘unboxing’ videos”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     It’s clear why enterprising people make the videos, but what compels so many viewers to watch an amateur video of some stranger they don’t know opening a box? What would compel a viewer to subscribe to the all-coffee channel and binge-watch a guy unpacking coffee makers?

2. Someone who watches television.
3. Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
4. (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file.
5. (now historical) An appointed inspector or examiner:
   1. (mining, historical) The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.

Derived terms

• check viewer
• fence viewer
• game viewer
• remote viewer
• solar viewer
• televiewer
• underviewer

Translations

someone who views a spectacle

• Albanian: shikues (sq) m
• Amharic: ተመልካች (tämälkač)
• Arabic: مُشَاهِد m (mušāhid), مَشَاهِدَة f (mašāhida), مُتَفَرِّج m (mutafarrij), مُتَفَرِّجَة f (mutafarrija)
• Armenian: դիտող (hy) (ditoġ)
• Azerbaijani: tamaşaçı (az)
• Bashkir: ҡараусы (qarawsı), тамашасы (tamaşası)
• Belarusian: гляда́ч (be) m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka)
• Bengali: দর্শক (bn) (dorśok)
• Bulgarian: зри́тел (bg) m (zrítel), зри́телка f (zrítelka)
• Burmese: ကြည့်ရှုသူ (krany.hru.su)
• Catalan: espectador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觀眾 / 观众 (zh) (guānzhòng) (spectators, audience), 看客 (zh) (kànkè)

• Czech: divák (cs) m, divačka f
• Danish: tilskuer c, seer (da)
• Dutch: kijker (nl) m, toeschouwer (nl) m
• Estonian: vaataja
• Finnish: katselija (fi), katsoja (fi)
• French: spectateur (fr) m, spectatrice (fr) f
• Georgian: მაყურებელი (maq̇urebeli), მნახველი (mnaxveli)
• German: Zuschauer (de) m, Zuschauerin (de) f, Zuseher (de) m, Zuseherin (de) f
• Greek: θεατής (el) (theatís), θεάτρια (el) f (theátria)
• Hebrew: צוֹפֶה (he) m (tsofé)
• Hindi: दर्शक (hi) m (darśak), ईक्षक (hi) m (īkṣak)
• Hungarian: néző (hu), szemlélő (hu)
• Icelandic: áhorfandi (is) m
• Italian: spettatore (it) m, spettatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 視聴者 (ja) (しちょうしゃ, shichōsha)
• Kazakh: көрермен (körermen), көруші (köruşı), қараушы (qarauşy)
• Khmer: អ្នកទស្សនា (nĕək tŭəhsaʼnaa)
• Korean: 시청자(視聽者) (ko) (sicheongja), 관람자(觀覽者) (gwallamja)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: temaşeger (ku), bîner (ku), temaşevan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: көрүүчү (ky) (körüücü)
• Lao: ຜູ້ຊົມ (phū som)
• Latvian: skatītājs m, skatītāja f
• Lithuanian: žiūrovas m, žiūrõvė f
• Macedonian: гледач m (gledač), гледачка f (gledačka)
• Malay: penonton (ms)
• Maori: kaimātakitaki
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үзэгч (mn) (üzegč)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seer (no), tilskuer m

  Nynorsk: sjåar m, tilskodar m

• Pashto: تماشاچي m or f (tamāšāči)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بینَنْدِه (fa) (binande), تَماشاچی (fa) (tamâšâči), تَماشاگَر (fa) (tamâšâgar)

• Polish: widz (pl) m
• Portuguese: espectador (pt), espetador (pt)
• Romanian: spectator (ro) m, spectatoare (ro) f
• Russian: зри́тель (ru) m (zrítelʹ), зри́тельница (ru) f (zrítelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: посматрач m, глѐдалац m, глѐдатељ m

  Roman: posmatrač (sh) m, glèdalac (sh) m, glèdatelj (sh) m

• Slovak: divák (sk) m, diváčka f
• Slovene: gledalec (sl) m, gledalka f
• Spanish: espectador (es) m, espectadora (es) f
• Swahili: mtazamaji (sw)
• Swedish: åskådare (sv) c, tittare (sv) c
• Tajik: бинанда (binanda), тамошобин (tamošobin), тамошогар (tamošogar), тамошочӣ (tamošoči)
• Tatar: тамашачы (tt) (tamaşaçı)
• Thai: ผู้ชม (pûu-chom)
• Turkish: izleyici (tr), seyirci (tr)
• Turkmen: tomaşaçy
• Ukrainian: гляда́ч m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka)
• Urdu: تَماشائی m (tamāśāī)
• Uyghur: كۆرۈرمەن (körürmen), تاماشىبىن (tamashibin)
• Uzbek: tomoshabin (uz), tomoshachi (uz)
• Vietnamese: khán giả (vi), người xem
• Yiddish: צוקוקער m (tsukuker)

someone who watches television

• Armenian: հեռուստադիտող (hy) (heṙustaditoġ)
• Azerbaijani: izləyici, tamaşaçı (az)
• Bashkir: ҡараусы (qarawsı)
• Belarusian: гляда́ч (be) m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka), тэлегляда́ч m (teljehljadáč), тэлегляда́чка f (teljehljadáčka)
• Bulgarian: зри́тел (bg) m (zrítel), зри́телка f (zrítelka)
• Catalan: teleespectador m, televident m or f
• Danish: seer (da) c
• Dutch: kijker (nl) m
• Finnish: katsoja (fi), televisionkatsoja
• French: téléspectateur (fr) m, téléspectatrice (fr) f
• Georgian: მაყურებელი (maq̇urebeli)
• German: Zuschauer (de) m, Zuschauerin (de) f, Fernsehzuschauer (de) m, Fernsehzuschauerin (de) f
• Greek: τηλεθεατής (el) m (tiletheatís), τηλεθεάτρια (el) f (tiletheátria)
• Hindi: दर्शक (hi) m (darśak)
• Hungarian: néző (hu), televíziónéző (hu)
• Macedonian: гледач m (gledač), гледачка f (gledačka)
• Maori: kaimātakitaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seer (no) m

  Nynorsk: sjåar m

• Polish: telewidz (pl) m
• Portuguese: telespectador (pt), telespetador
• Russian: зри́тель (ru) m (zrítelʹ), зри́тельница (ru) f (zrítelʹnica), телезри́тель (ru) m (telezrítelʹ), телезри́тельница (ru) f (telezrítelʹnica)
• Spanish: televidente m or f, telespectador (es) m, telespectadora f
• Swahili: mtazamaji (sw)
• Ukrainian: гляда́ч m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka), телегляда́ч m (telehljadáč), телегляда́чка f (telehljadáčka)

optical device

• Finnish: katselulaite
• French: visionneur (fr) m, visionneuse (fr) f
• Georgian: პროექტორი (ṗroekṭori)
• Hungarian: diavetítő (hu), dianéző
• Russian: прое́ктор (ru) m (proéktor), вью́ер m (vʹjúer), вью́ер m (vʹjújer)
• Spanish: visor m
• Swahili: mtazamaji (sw)

program

• Finnish: katseluohjelma, katselin
• French: visionneur (fr) m, visionneuse (fr) f
• Hungarian: megtekintő (hu), nézőke (hu)
• Macedonian: прегледувач m (pregleduvač)
• Portuguese: visualizador m
• Russian: програ́мма просмо́тра f (prográmma prosmótra), вью́ер m (vʹjúer), просмо́трщик (ru) m (prosmótrščik)
• Ukrainian: перегляда́ч m (perehljadáč)

Anagrams

• re-view, review

Middle English

Noun

viewer

1. alternative form of vewer

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English viewer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.eʁ/ [ˈviʊ̯.eh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.eʁ/ [ˈviʊ̯.eh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.eɾ/ [ˈviʊ̯.eɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.eʁ/ [ˈviʊ̯.eχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.eɻ/ [ˈviʊ̯.eɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.ɛɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.ɛɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbiw.ɛɾ/

Noun

viewer m or f by sense (plural viewers)

1. (Internet slang, social media) viewer; spectator

   Synonym: espectador

   • 2017 April 12, Priscila Ganiko, “Partida entre RED Canids e paiN Gaming é quinta mais vista de março na Twitch”, in Jovem Nerd‎^[2], Brazil, archived from the original on 13 June 2025:

     O site leva em conta o número de espectadores na Twitch.tv e, na lista em que o Brasil aparece, não foram contabilizados os viewers chineses.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 April 21, Helder Archer, “Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii – Ep2: “De otaku para otaku””, in OtakuPT‎^[3], Lousada, archived from the original on 24 April 2018:

     Este episódio completo pareceu-se uma conversa que de um otaku para outro, como se a direcção do anime quisesse comunicar directamente com os viewers dizendo “isto é que os otakus fazem” ou “de certeza que vocês também fazem isto”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 June 20, Joana Almeida Silva, quoting Ricardo “Zorlakoka” Sousa, “Streamers, os novos heróis online”, in Notícias Magazine‎^[4], Lisbon: Global Notícias, archived from the original on 20 June 2018:

     “ […] Eu sou um streamer grande em Portugal. Tenho 1500 viewers às 23.30. Um streamer internacional grande tem 10 mil e um gigante lá fora tem 110 mil.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2019 June 7, “Acusadora de Neymar protagonizou clipe com ex-marido em quem deu facada; veja vídeo!”, in O Dia‎^[5], Rio de Janeiro: iG, archived from the original on 26 June 2019:

     Após a repercussão do caso com o camisa 10 da Seleção, o clipe da canção ultrapassou a marca de um milhão de visualizações no Youtube. Diversos comentários surgiram, dando a entender que o cantor deveria agradecer a modelo por ter aumentado seu número de viewers.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)