viewer

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Etymology

From Middle English vewer; equivalent to view +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)

Noun

viewer (plural viewers)

Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
- 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11:
  This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.
- 2014 February 13, Heather Kelly, “The bizarre, lucrative world of ‘unboxing’ videos”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  It’s clear why enterprising people make the videos, but what compels so many viewers to watch an amateur video of some stranger they don’t know opening a box? What would compel a viewer to subscribe to the all-coffee channel and binge-watch a guy unpacking coffee makers?
Someone who watches television.
Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
(computing) A program that displays the contents of a file.
(mining, historical) The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.

Derived terms

Translations

someone who views a spectacle

Albanian: shikues (sq) m
Amharic: ተመልካች (tämälkač)
Arabic: مُشَاهِد m (mušāhid), مَشَاهِدَة f (mašāhida)
Armenian: դիտող (hy) (ditoġ)
Azerbaijani: tamaşaçı (az)
Bashkir: ҡараусы (qarawsı), тамашасы (tamaşası)
Belarusian: гляда́ч (be) m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka)
Bengali: দর্শক (bn) (dorśok)
Bulgarian: зри́тел (bg) m (zrítel), зри́телка f (zrítelka)
Burmese: ကြည့်ရှုသူ (krany.hru.su)
Catalan: espectador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 觀眾 / 观众 (zh) (guānzhòng) (spectators, audience), 看客 (zh) (kànkè)
Czech: divák (cs) m, divačka f
Danish: tilskuer c, seer (da)
Dutch: kijker (nl) m, toeschouwer (nl) m
Estonian: vaataja
Finnish: katselija (fi), katsoja (fi)
French: spectateur (fr) m, spectatrice (fr) f
Georgian: მაყურებელი (maq̇urebeli), მნახველი (mnaxveli)
German: Zuschauer (de) m, Zuschauerin (de) f, Zuseher (de) m, Zuseherin (de) f
Greek: θεατής (el) (theatís), θεάτρια (el) f (theátria)
Hebrew: צוֹפֶה (he) m (tsofé)
Hindi: दर्शक (hi) m (darśak)
Hungarian: néző (hu), szemlélő (hu)
Icelandic: áhorfandi (is) m
Italian: spettatore (it) m, spettatrice (it) f
Japanese: 視聴者 (ja) (しちょうしゃ, shichōsha)
Kazakh: көрермен (körermen), көруші (köruşı), қараушы (qarauşy)
Khmer: អ្នកទស្សនា (nĕək tŭəhsaʼnaa)
Korean: 시청자(視聽者) (ko) (sicheongja), 관람자(觀覽者) (gwallamja)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: temaşeger (ku), bîner (ku), temaşevan (ku)
Kyrgyz: көрүүчү (ky) (körüücü)
Lao: ຜູ້ຊົມ (phū som)
Latvian: skatītājs m
Lithuanian: žiūrovas m, žiūrõvė f
Macedonian: гледач m (gledač), гледачка f (gledačka)
Malay: penonton (ms)
Maori: kaimātakitaki
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үзэгч (mn) (üzegč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: seer (no), tilskuer m

Nynorsk: sjåar m, tilskodar m
Pashto: تماشاچي m or f (tamāšāči)
Persian: بیننده (fa) (binande), تماشاچی (fa) (tamâšâči)
Polish: widz (pl) m
Portuguese: espectador (pt), espetador (pt)
Romanian: spectator (ro) m, spectatoare (ro) f
Russian: зри́тель (ru) m (zrítelʹ), зри́тельница (ru) f (zrítelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: посматрач m, глѐдалац m, глѐдатељ m

Roman: posmatrač (sh) m, glèdalac (sh) m, glèdatelj (sh) m
Slovak: divák (sk) m, diváčka f
Slovene: gledalec (sl) m, gledalka f
Spanish: espectador (es) m, espectadora (es) f
Swahili: mtazamaji (sw)
Swedish: åskådare (sv) c, tittare (sv) c
Tajik: бинанда (binanda), тамошобин (tamošobin)
Tatar: тамашачы (tt) (tamaşaçı)
Thai: ผู้ชม (pûu-chom)
Turkish: izleyici (tr), seyirci (tr)
Turkmen: tomaşaçy
Ukrainian: гляда́ч m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka)
Urdu: تماشائی m (tamāśāi'ī)
Uyghur: كۆرۈرمەن (körürmen)
Uzbek: tomoshabin (uz), tomoshachi (uz)
Vietnamese: khán giả (vi), người xem
Yiddish: צוקוקער m (tsukuker)

someone who watches television

Armenian: հեռուստադիտող (hy) (heṙustaditoġ)
Azerbaijani: izləyici, tamaşaçı (az)
Bashkir: ҡараусы (qarawsı)
Belarusian: гляда́ч (be) m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka), тэлегляда́ч m (teljehljadáč), тэлегляда́чка f (teljehljadáčka)
Bulgarian: зри́тел (bg) m (zrítel), зри́телка f (zrítelka)
Catalan: teleespectador m, televident m or f
Danish: seer (da) c
Dutch: kijker (nl) m
Finnish: katsoja (fi), televisionkatsoja
French: téléspectateur (fr) m, téléspectatrice (fr) f
Georgian: მაყურებელი (maq̇urebeli)
German: Zuschauer (de) m, Zuschauerin (de) f, Fernsehzuschauer (de) m, Fernsehzuschauerin (de) f
Greek: τηλεθεατής (el) m (tiletheatís), τηλεθεάτρια (el) f (tiletheátria)
Hungarian: néző (hu), televíziónéző (hu)
Macedonian: гледач m (gledač), гледачка f (gledačka)
Maori: kaimātakitaki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: seer (no) m

Nynorsk: sjåar m
Polish: telewidz (pl) m
Portuguese: telespectador (pt), telespetador
Russian: зри́тель (ru) m (zrítelʹ), зри́тельница (ru) f (zrítelʹnica), телезри́тель (ru) m (telezrítelʹ), телезри́тельница (ru) f (telezrítelʹnica)
Spanish: televidente, telespectador (es) m, telespectadora f
Swahili: mtazamaji (sw)
Ukrainian: гляда́ч m (hljadáč), гляда́чка f (hljadáčka), телегляда́ч m (telehljadáč), телегляда́чка f (telehljadáčka)

optical device

Finnish: katselulaite
French: visionneur (fr) m, visionneuse (fr) f
Georgian: პროექტორი (ṗroekṭori)
Hungarian: diavetítő (hu), dianéző
Russian: прое́ктор (ru) m (proéktor), вью́ер m (vʹjúer), вью́ер m (vʹjújer)
Spanish: visor m
Swahili: mtazamaji (sw)

program

Finnish: katseluohjelma, katselin
French: visionneur (fr) m, visionneuse (fr) f
Hungarian: megtekintő (hu), nézőke (hu)
Macedonian: прегледувач m (pregleduvač)
Portuguese: visualizador m
Russian: програ́мма просмо́тра f (prográmma prosmótra), вью́ер m (vʹjúer), просмо́трщик (ru) m (prosmótrščik)
Ukrainian: перегляда́ч m (perehljadáč)

Anagrams

re-view, review

Middle English

Noun

viewer

Alternative form of vewer