# voyeur
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /vɔɪːˈjɜː/, /vwɑˈjɜː/
* (US) IPA: /vɔɪˈjɜɹ/, /vwɑˈjɜr/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: vo‧yeur

### Noun

voyeur (plural voyeurs)
* 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
* 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
* 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 at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, diminutive voyeurtje n)
* voyeur

## French
### Etymology

From voir (“to see”) +‎ -eur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vwa.jœʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, feminine voyeuse)
* observer; watcher
* voyeur, peeping tom

#### Derived terms

* voyeurisme

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism, unadapted borrowing from Dutch voyeur, from French voyeur.

### Noun

voyeur (plural voyeur-voyeur)
* (psychology) voyeur

### Further reading

* “voyeur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French voyeur.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vojˈɛʁ/ [voɪ̯ˈɛh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vojˈɛʁ/ [voɪ̯ˈɛh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vojˈɛɾ/ [voɪ̯ˈɛɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vojˈɛʁ/ [voɪ̯ˈɛχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vojˈɛɻ/ [voɪ̯ˈɛɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vwajˈeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vwajˈeɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bwajˈeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vwajˈe.ɾi/

### Noun

voyeur m or f by sense (plural voyeurs)
* voyeur (person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing others having sex)
** 2014, Diney, Ramon Torres, Diógines Tiee, “Voyeur” (0:16 from the start), in Mistério, performed by Belo, São Paulo: Sony Music:Prepare a mesa do café / Eu sinto teu cheiro de mulher / Eu tô chegando / Um brigadeiro de colher / Hoje eu fico de voyeur / Te admirando/vojˈɛʁ/(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* voyeurismo

### References

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French voyeur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bwaˈʝeɾ/ [bwaˈʝeɾ]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /bwaˈʝeɾ/ [bwaˈʝeɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /bwaˈʃeɾ/ [bwaˈʃeɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bwaˈʒeɾ/ [bwaˈʒeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ

### Noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs or voyeur)
* 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
* a voyeur (who derives sexual pleasure from watching other people's erotic activity)

#### 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)