voyeur

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English

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Etymology

From French voyeur, from voir (to see).

Pronunciation

Noun

voyeur (plural voyeurs)

  1. A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.
    Synonyms: peeping tom, (dated) inspectionist, (US, gay slang) eyeball queen
  2. An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.

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Czech

Noun

voyeur m anim

  1. voyeur

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, diminutive voyeurtje n)

  1. voyeur

French

Etymology

From voir (to see) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, feminine voyeuse)

  1. observer; watcher
  2. voyeur, peeping tom

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French voyeur.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

voyeur m or f by sense (plural voyeurs)

  1. voyeur (person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing others having sex)
    • 2014, Diney, Ramon Torres, Diógines Tiee (lyrics and music), “Voyeur” (0:16 from the start), in Mistério, performed by Belo, São Paulo: Sony Music:
      Prepare a mesa do café / Eu sinto teu cheiro de mulher / Eu tô chegando / Um brigadeiro de colher / Hoje eu fico de voyeur / Te admirando
      /vojˈɛʁ/
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French voyeur.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /bwaˈʝeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bwaˈʃeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bwaˈʒeɾ/

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs or voyeur)

  1. voyeur

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

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Noun

voyeur c

  1. a voyeur (who derives sexual pleasure from watching other people's erotic activity)

Declension

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