"onlooker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒnˌlʊk.ə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-onlooker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: onlookers [plural]
Etymology: From on + look + -er, probably from the verb look on, but compare with onlook. Etymology templates: {{af|en|on|look|-er}} on + look + -er, {{m|en|look on}} look on, {{m|en|onlook}} onlook Head templates: {{en-noun}} onlooker (plural onlookers)
  1. A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bystander Translations (spectator, bystander): sivustakatsoja (Finnish), Zuschauer [masculine] (German), prizerajúci (sa) [masculine] (Slovak)

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