Dictionary

voyeur en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /vɔɪˈjɜː/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /vwɑˈjɜr/ (US)
• /vɔɪˈjɜɹ/ (US)
• /vwɑːˈjɜː/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Old French veoir Middle French veoir French voir Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -(ā)tōrem Old French -or Middle French -eur French -eur French voyeurbor. English voyeur Borrowed from French voyeur, from voir (“to see”).

Meanings

1. A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.
2. An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.

Forms

Deriveds

cybervoyeur · voyeuristic · voyeurist · voyeuress

Relateds

voyeurism · scopophile · exhibitionist · voyeuse · creepshot

Synonyms

eyeball queen · peeping tom · inspectionist

Translations (37)

tr röntgenci (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · cs šmírák (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · de Spanner (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · fi tirkistelijä (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · id voyeur (an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects) · mk па́зач (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · cmn 八卦愛好者 /八卦爱好者 (an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects) · es voyeur (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · ja 出歯亀 (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · de Voyeurin (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · ru вуайери́ст (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · pdt Glotzkopp (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · mk воаје́р (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · el ηδονοβλεψίας (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · fi tirkistelijä (an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects) · bg воайор (an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects) · it voyeur (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · ru подгля́дывающий (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · fr voyeur (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · es mirón (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · de Voyeur (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · cmn 偷窺狂 /偷窥狂 (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · ar مُتَلَصِّص (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · sv tittare (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · pt voyeur (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · sv voyeur (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · ru согляда́тай (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · ja 覗き魔 (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · pl podglądacz (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · bg воайор (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · fi voyeuristi (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · cmn 偷窺者 /偷窥者 (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · es voyerista (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · ru вуайёр (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · tl mamboboso (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · it guardone (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people) · hi दृश्यरतिक (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people)