Definition
A small hole in a door that lets you see who is outside before you open it, or any small opening that allows you to look through secretly.
Etymology
From 'peep' (to look quickly, from Middle English 'pepen') combined with 'hole.' The verb 'peep' is imitative, like the sound made by birds. First used for door viewers in the 1800s as a security feature.
Kelly Says
Peepholes were a response to the rise of home security concerns in urban areas—they became standard in apartment doors in the late 1800s, and their design (usually with a fish-eye lens) makes the viewer invisible to anyone outside due to refraction.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
ARالعربية
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
BNবাংলা
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
CACatalà
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
CSČeština
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
DADansk
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
DEDeutsch
Schlüsselloch
shloos-loh
ELΕλληνικά
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
ESEspañol
ojo de cerradura
o-ho de ser-ra-dura
FAفارسی
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
FISuomi
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
FRFrançais
trou de serrure
tru de ser-ru-re
GUGU
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
HAHA
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
HEעברית
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
HIहिन्दी
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
HUMagyar
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
IDBahasa Indonesia
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
IGIG
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
ITItaliano
foro della serratura
fo-ro della ser-ra-tu-ra
KKKK
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
KMKM
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
MRMR
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
MSBahasa Melayu
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
MYမြန်မာ
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
NLNederlands
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
NONorsk
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
PAPA
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
PLPolski
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
PTPortuguês
buraco da fechadura
bu-ra-ko da fe-cha-du-ra
RORomână
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
RUРусский
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
SVSvenska
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
SWKiswahili
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
TAதமிழ்
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
TEతెలుగు
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
THไทย
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
TLTL
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
TRTürkçe
kilit deliği
kil-it de-li-gi
UKУкраїнська
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
URاردو
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
VITiếng Việt
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
YOYO
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
ZH中文
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le
ZUZU
peephole
pi-ep-ho-le