Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.

    Voyeur, Spanner, Voyeurin

    вуайери́стvuajjeríst, вуайёрvuajjór, согляда́тайsogljadátaj

  2. An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.

More definitions
  • a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others

Examples

3 sentences
  1. An exhibitionist would be the ideal partner for a voyeur.

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  2. Tom is a voyeur.

    deTom ist ein Spanner.

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  3. Close the curtains! It's because the person living in the house across the street is a voyeur.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: voyeurs
Singularvoyeur
Pluralvoyeurs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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