regardeur

French

Etymology

From regarder +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dœʁ/

Noun

regardeur m (plural regardeurs, feminine regardeuse)

1. beholder, watcher, viewer

   C’est le regardeur qui fait le tableau.

   It is the beholder who makes the picture [painting].

2. (dated) voyeur

Further reading

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