voyeur

See also: Voyeur

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwɑː.ˈjɜː/ /vɔɪ.ˈjɜː/
• 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.

Synonyms

• peeping tom

Related terms

• voyeurism
• voyeuse (voyeur who is female)
• exhibitionist

Translations

a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people

• Arabic: مُتَلَصِّص m (mutalaṣṣiṣ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偷窺者／偷窥者 (tōukuīzhě), 偷窥者 (tōukuīzhě), 偷窺狂／偷窥狂 (zh) (tōukuīkuáng), 偷窥狂 (zh) (tōukuīkuáng)

• Finnish: tirkistelijä (fi), voyeuristi (fi)
• French: voyeur (fr) m
• German: Voyeur (de) m, Spanner (de) m, Voyeurin (de) f
• Greek: ηδονοβλεψίας (el) m (idonovlepsías)
• Italian: guardone (it) m
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• Japanese: 出歯亀 (ja) (でばかめ, debakame, でばがめ, debagame), 覗魔 (のぞきま, nozokima)
• Polish: podglądacz m
• Portuguese: voyeur m or f
• Russian: вуайери́ст (ru) m (vuajeríst), вуайёр m (vuajjór), согляда́тай (ru) m (sogljadátaj), подгля́дывающий (ru) m (podgljádyvajuščij)
• Spanish: voyer m or f, mirón (es) m
• Swedish: voyeur (sv) c, tittare (sv) c
• Tagalog: mamboboso (tl)
• Turkish: röntgenci (tr)

an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: tirkistelijä (fi)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• creepshot
• scopophile

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Czech

Noun

1. voyeur

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:ASCS

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, diminutive voyeurtje n)

1. voyeur

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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

• “voyeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Noun

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

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Spanish

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs or voyeur)

1. voyeur