voyeur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

See also

• scopophile

Noun

voyeur m

1. voyeur

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

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

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Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, diminutive voyeurtje n)

1. voyeur

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

Noun

voyeur m, f (plural voyeurs)

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

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs or voyeur)

1. voyeur