different between spectator vs observers

English

Alternative forms

• spectatour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spect?tor, from frequentative verb spect? (“watch”), from speci? (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sp?k.t??t?, IPA^(key): /sp?k?te?t?/
• (US) enPR: sp?k?t?.t?r, IPA^(key): /?sp?kte?t?/

Noun

spectator (plural spectators)

1. One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.

Synonyms

• audience
• observer
• crowd

Derived terms

• spect-actor
• spectate
• spectatorship

Translations

Anagrams

• attercops, caprettos, catopters

Latin

Etymology

Latin agent noun from perfect passive participle spect?tus, from frequentative form spect? (“watch”), from speci? (“look at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /spek?ta?.tor/, [s?p?k?t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spek?ta.tor/, [sp?k?t???t??r]

Noun

spect?tor m (genitive spect?t?ris); third declension

1. spectator, watcher

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• speci?
• spect?
• spectus

Descendants

References

• 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.

Romanian

Etymology

From French spectateur, from Latin spectator.

Noun

spectator m (plural spectatori)

1. spectator

Declension

English

Noun

observers

1. plural of observer