noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/vɔɪˈjɜː/
UK:/vwɑːˈjɜː/
US:/vɔɪˈjɜɹ/
US:/vwɑˈjɜr/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peeping tom, inspectionist, eyeball queen
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh1yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Old French veoir Middle French veoir French voir French -eur French voyeurbor. English voyeur Borrowed from French voyeur, from voir (“to see”).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُتَلَصِّص
(mutalaṣṣiṣ)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Bulgarian:
воайор
(voajor)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Chinese Mandarin:
偷窺者 /偷窥者
(tōukuīzhě)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Chinese Mandarin:
偷窺狂 /偷窥狂
(tōukuīkuáng)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Czech:
šmírák
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Finnish:
tirkistelijä
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Finnish:
voyeuristi
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
French:
voyeur
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
German:
Voyeur
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
German:
Spanner
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
German:
Voyeurin
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Greek:
ηδονοβλεψίας
(idonovlepsías)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Hindi:
दृश्यरतिक
(dŕśyartik)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Italian:
guardone
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Italian:
voyeur
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Japanese:
出歯亀
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Japanese:
覗き魔
(nozokima)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Macedonian:
воаје́р
(voajér)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Macedonian:
па́зач
(pázač)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Plautdietsch:
Glotzkopp
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Polish:
podglądacz
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Portuguese:
voyeur
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Russian:
вуайери́ст
(vuajjeríst)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Russian:
вуайёр
(vuajjór)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Russian:
согляда́тай
(sogljadátaj)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Russian:
подгля́дывающий
(podgljádyvajuščij)
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Spanish:
voyerista
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Spanish:
mirón
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Spanish:
voyeur
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Swedish:
voyeur
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Swedish:
tittare
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Tagalog:
mamboboso
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Turkish:
röntgenci
— a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people
Bulgarian:
воайор
(voajor)
— an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects
Chinese Mandarin:
八卦愛好者 /八卦爱好者
(bāguà àihàozhě)
— an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects
Finnish:
tirkistelijä
— an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects
Indonesian:
voyeur
— an obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects
