spectator

English edit

A group of spectators at a rowing event.

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Alternative forms edit

spectatour (obsolete)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate +‎ -or. Doublet of speculator.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) enPR: spĕk.tāʹtə, IPA^(key): /spɛkˈteɪtə/
(US) enPR: spĕkʹtā.tər, IPA^(key): /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/
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Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun edit

spectator (plural spectators)

One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:
  Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
One who observers, sees, or views something; an observer.
- 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v:
  The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

observer

Arabic: مُشَاهِد m (mušāhid), رَاءٍ m (rāʔin), مُتَفَرِّج m (mutafarrij)
Armenian: հանդիսական (hy) (handisakan), հանդիսատես (hy) (handisates), ականատես (hy) (akanates), դիտող (hy) (ditoġ)
Azerbaijani: tamaşaçı (az)
Basque: ikusle (eu)
Belarusian: гляда́ч (be) m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka)
Bulgarian: зри́тел (bg) m (zrítel), зри́телка f (zrítelka)
Catalan: espectador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旁觀者／旁观者 (zh) (pángguānzhě), 觀眾／观众 (zh) (guānzhòng) (spectators, audience)
Czech: divák (cs) m, divačka f
Danish: tilskuer c, seer (da) c
Dutch: toeschouwer (nl) m, kijker (nl) m
Esperanto: spektanto
Estonian: pealtvaataja (et)
Finnish: katsoja (fi), sivustakatsoja (fi)
French: spectateur (fr) m, spectatrice (fr) f, badaud (fr) m, badaude (fr) f
Galician: espectador (gl) m
Georgian: მაყურებელი (maq̇urebeli)
German: Zuschauer (de) m, Zuschauerin (de) f, Schaulustiger (de) m
Greek: θεατής (el) m (theatís)
Ancient: θεατής m (theatḗs)
Hindi: दर्शक (hi) m (darśak)
Hungarian: megfigyelő (hu), nézelődő (hu), néző (hu)
Icelandic: áhorfandi (is) m
Ido: spektanto (io)
Italian: spettatore (it)
Japanese: 観客 (ja) (かんきゃく, kankyaku), 見物人 (ja) (けんぶつにん, kenbutsunin), 傍観者 (ぼうかんしゃ, bōkansha)
Kazakh: көрермен (körermen), көруші (köruşı), қараушы (qarauşy)
Korean: 관람자 (gwallamja), 구경꾼 (ko) (gugyeongkkun)
Kyrgyz: көрүүчү (ky) (körüücü)
Latin: spectātor m, spectātrix f
Macedonian: посматрач m (posmatrač), гледач m (gledač)
Maori: kaimātakitaki
Mongolian: үзэгч (mn) (üzegč), ажиглагч (mn) (ažiglagč), гэрч (mn) (gerč)
Norman: spectateur m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilskuer m

Nynorsk: tilskodar m
Persian: تماشاگر (fa) (tamâšâgar), ناظر (fa) (nâzer), بیننده (fa) (binande)
Polish: widz (pl) m
Portuguese: espectador (pt)
Punjabi: ਤਮਾਸ਼ਬੀਨ m (tamāśbīn)
Romanian: spectator (ro) m, privitor (ro) m, martor ocular m
Russian: зри́тель (ru) m (zrítelʹ), зри́тельница (ru) f (zrítelʹnica), наблюда́тель (ru) m (nabljudátelʹ), наблюда́тельница (ru) f (nabljudátelʹnica), зева́ка (ru) m or f (zeváka) (rubberneck)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: посматрач m, гледалац m, гледатељ m

Roman: posmatrač (sh) m, gledalac (sh) m, gledatelj (sh) m
Slovak: divák (sk) m, diváčka f
Slovene: gledalec (sl) m, gledalka f, opazovalec m, opazovalka
Spanish: espectador (es)
Swahili: mshabiki (sw)
Swedish: åskådare (sv)
Tajik: тамошобин (tamošobin), нозир (tg) (nozir), бинонда (binonda)
Turkish: seyirci (tr)
Ukrainian: гляда́ч m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka)
Uzbek: tomoshabin (uz)
Vietnamese: người xem, khán giả (vi)

Anagrams edit

attercops, caprettos, catopters

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From spectō (“watch”) +‎ -tor, from speciō (“look at”). Doublet of speculator.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /spekˈtaː.tor/, [s̠pɛkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spekˈta.tor/, [spekˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun edit

spectātor m (genitive spectātōris); third declension

spectator, watcher
examiner, judge, critic
Synonyms: arbiter, iūdex, disceptātor

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spectātor	spectātōrēs
Genitive	spectātōris	spectātōrum
Dative	spectātōrī	spectātōribus
Accusative	spectātōrem	spectātōrēs
Ablative	spectātōre	spectātōribus
Vocative	spectātor	spectātōrēs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Catalan: espectador
English: spectator
French: spectateur
Italian: spettatore
Norman: spectateur
Portuguese: espectador
Romanian: spectator
Spanish: espectador

References edit

“spectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“spectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
spectator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French spectateur, from Latin spectator.

Noun edit

spectator m (plural spectatori)

spectator

Declension edit

Declension of spectator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) spectator	spectatorul	(niște) spectatori	spectatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) spectator	spectatorului	(unor) spectatori	spectatorilor
vocative	spectatorule		spectatorilor