regardeur

French

Etymology

From regarder +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dœʁ/

Noun

regardeur m (plural regardeurs, feminine regardeuse)

beholder, watcher, viewer
C'est le regardeur qui fait le tableau. (Marcel Duchamp: "It is the beholder who makes the picture [painting].")
(dated) voyeur

Further reading

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

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