"voyeur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vɔɪːˈjɜː/ [UK], /vwɑˈjɜː/ [UK], /vɔɪˈjɜɹ/ [US], /vwɑˈjɜr/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-voyeur.wav Forms: voyeurs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From French voyeur, from voir (“to see”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|voyeur}} French voyeur Head templates: {{en-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, inspectionist, eyeball queen Translations (a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people): مُتَلَصِّص (mutalaṣṣiṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), воайор (voajor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 偷窺者 /偷窥者 (tōukuīzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 偷窺狂 /偷窥狂 (tōukuīkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), šmírák [masculine] (Czech), tirkistelijä (Finnish), voyeuristi (Finnish), voyeur [masculine] (French), Voyeur [masculine] (German), Spanner [masculine] (German), Voyeurin [feminine] (German), ηδονοβλεψίας (idonovlepsías) [masculine] (Greek), दृश्यरतिक (dŕśyartik) (Hindi), guardone [masculine] (Italian), voyeur [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 出歯亀 (alt: でばかめ, debakame, でばがめ, debagame) (Japanese), 覗き魔 (nozokima) (alt: のぞきま) (Japanese), воаје́р (voajér) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́зач (pázač) [masculine] (Macedonian), Glotzkopp [masculine] (Plautdietsch), podglądacz [masculine] (Polish), voyeur [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), вуайери́ст (vuajjeríst) [masculine] (Russian), вуайёр (vuajjór) [masculine] (Russian), согляда́тай (sogljadátaj) [masculine] (Russian), подгля́дывающий (podgljádyvajuščij) [masculine] (Russian), voyerista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), mirón [masculine] (Spanish), voyeur [common-gender] (Swedish), tittare [common-gender] (Swedish), mamboboso (Tagalog), röntgenci (Turkish)
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  2. An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects. Translations (an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects): воайор (voajor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tirkistelijä (Finnish), voyeur (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-voyeur-en-noun-UF6lu3Kh Disambiguation of 'an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: voyeurism, voyeuse (english: female voyeur), exhibitionist, creepshot, scopophile

Inflected forms

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      "form": "voyeurs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "voyeur (plural voyeurs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "vo‧yeur"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "voyeurism"
    },
    {
      "english": "female voyeur",
      "word": "voyeuse"
    },
    {
      "word": "exhibitionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "creepshot"
    },
    {
      "word": "scopophile"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
        ],
        [
          "observing",
          "observing"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "voyeurism",
          "voyeurism"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "peeping tom"
        },
        {
          "word": "inspectionist"
        },
        {
          "word": "eyeball queen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obsessive",
          "obsessive"
        ],
        [
          "observer",
          "observer"
        ],
        [
          "sensational",
          "sensational"
        ],
        [
          "sordid",
          "sordid"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɔɪːˈjɜː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vwɑˈjɜː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɔɪˈjɜɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vwɑˈjɜr/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutalaṣṣiṣ",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَلَصِّص"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "voajor",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "воайор"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tōukuīzhě",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "偷窺者 /偷窥者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tōukuīkuáng",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "偷窺狂 /偷窥狂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šmírák"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "tirkistelijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "voyeuristi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spanner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Voyeurin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idonovlepsías",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ηδονοβλεψίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dŕśyartik",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "दृश्यरतिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guardone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でばかめ, debakame, でばがめ, debagame",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "出歯亀"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のぞきま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nozokima",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "覗き魔"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "voajér",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "воаје́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pázač",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́зач"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Glotzkopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podglądacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vuajjeríst",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вуайери́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vuajjór",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вуайёр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sogljadátaj",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "согляда́тай"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podgljádyvajuščij",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подгля́дывающий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyerista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mirón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tittare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "mamboboso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people",
      "word": "röntgenci"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "voajor",
      "sense": "an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "воайор"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects",
      "word": "tirkistelijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects",
      "word": "voyeur"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "voyeurism"
  ],
  "word": "voyeur"
}

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