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A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: voyeur, peeper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُتَلَصِّص
(mutalaṣṣiṣ)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Chinese Mandarin:
偷窺者 /偷窥者
(tōukuīzhě)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Chinese Mandarin:
偷窺狂 /偷窥狂
(tōukuīkuáng)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Czech:
šmírák
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Czech:
voyeur
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Danish:
vindueskigger
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Dutch:
gluurder
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Dutch:
voyeur
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Finnish:
tirkistelijä
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Finnish:
voyeuristi
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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French:
voyeur
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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French:
voyeuse
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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German:
Voyeur
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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German:
Spanner
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Greek:
ηδονοβλεψίας
(idonovlepsías)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Greek:
οφθαλμοπόρνος
(ofthalmopórnos)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Greek:
ματάκιας
(matákias)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Greek:
μπανιστηρτζής
(banistirtzís)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Icelandic:
gluggagægir
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Italian:
guardone
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Japanese:
出歯亀
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Japanese:
覗き魔
(nozokima)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Macedonian:
ѕиркач
(dzirkač)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Macedonian:
воајер
(voajer)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Norman:
dgîngneux
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vinduskikker
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
vinduskikkar
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Persian:
هیز
(hiz)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Plautdietsch:
Glotzkopp
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Polish:
podglądacz
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Portuguese:
voyeur
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Portuguese:
espreitador
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Russian:
вуайери́ст
(vuajjeríst)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Russian:
вуайери́стка
(vuajjerístka)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Russian:
вуайёр
(vuajjór)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Russian:
согляда́тай
(sogljadátaj)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Russian:
подгля́дывающий
(podgljádyvajuščij)
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Spanish:
voyeur
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Spanish:
mirón
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Swedish:
voyeur
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Swedish:
smygtittare
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Swedish:
fönstertittare
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Swedish:
fluktare
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Turkish:
röntgenci
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
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Welsh:
Twm Pip
— person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure