regardeur

French

Etymology

From regarder +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dœʁ/

Noun

regardeur m (plural regardeurs, feminine regardeuse)

  1. beholder, watcher, viewer
    C'est le regardeur qui fait le tableau. (Marcel Duchamp: "It is the beholder who makes the picture [painting].")
  2. (dated) voyeur

References

“regardeur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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