voyeur
French, noun/vwa.jœʁ/
voyeur is spelled V-O-Y-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voyeur is a French masculine noun meaning “observer; watcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui aime regarder les gens, observer les choses sans intervenir”.
What does voyeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobserver; watcher
- 2
masculinevoyeur, peeping tom
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui aime regarder les gens, observer les choses sans intervenir. 2. Celui qui éprouve du plaisir à regarder des scènes érotiques ou intimes. 3. Celui qui observe des scènes privées sans consentement.
adjective: 1. Qui regarde, épie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of voyeur
- voyeurs plural
- voyeuse feminine
- voyeuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voyeur?
- /vwa.jœʁ/
- \vwa.jœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voyeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voyeur in French?
voyeur appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).