voyeur

English Online Dictionary. What means voyeur‎? What does voyeur mean?

English

Etymology

From French voyeur, from voir (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vɔɪːˈjɜː/, /vwɑˈjɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /vɔɪˈjɜɹ/, /vwɑˈjɜr/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: vo‧yeur

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, (dated) inspectionist, (US, gay slang) eyeball queen

2. An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.

Related terms

• voyeurism
• voyeuse (“female voyeur”)

Translations

See also

• exhibitionist
• creepshot
• scopophile

Czech

Noun

voyeur m anim

1. voyeur

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• “voyeur”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• voyeur in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, diminutive voyeurtje n)

1. voyeur

French

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

Derived terms

• voyeurisme

Further reading

• “voyeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French voyeur.

Pronunciation

Noun

voyeur m or f by sense (plural voyeurs)

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

Related terms

References

• “voyeur”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French voyeur.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs or voyeur)

1. voyeur

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “voyeur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

voyeur c

1. a voyeur (who derives sexual pleasure from watching other people's erotic activity)

Declension

Related terms

• voyeurism

See also

• flukta
• fönstertittare

References

• voyeur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• voyeur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• voyeur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)