Meanings
plural eyewitnesses · alternative eye-witness · alternative eye witness
- Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.
1915, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan2 more examples
The evidence of eyewitnesses and the distance travelled after the initial derailment confirmed that the train was travelling at 45 to 50 m.p.h. as it became derailed.
1960 September 28, “Talking of Trains: Accident at Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 522There was no eyewitness report or independent confirmation for the strike near the town of Mareesa that was also reported by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television network.
2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in Reuters
present singular third person eyewitnesses · participle present eyewitnessing · participle past eyewitnessed · past eyewitnessed · alternative eye-witness · alternative eye witness
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans ooggetuie
- ooggetuieperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Ancient Greek αὐτόπτης
- αὐτόπτης (autóptēs)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Arabic شاهد عيان
- شاهد عيانperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Bulgarian очевидец
- очевидец (očevidec)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Catalan testimoni ocular
- testimoni ocularperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Chinese Mandarin 目擊者 /目击者, 目擊證人 /目击证人
- 目擊者 /目击者 (mùjīzhě)person who has seen and can testify about an event
- 目擊證人 /目击证人 (mùjī zhèngrén)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Czech očitý svědek
- očitý svědekperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Danish øjenvidne
- øjenvidneperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Dutch ooggetuige
- ooggetuigeperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Finnish silminnäkijä, silminnäkijätodistaja
- silminnäkijäperson who has seen and can testify about an event
- silminnäkijätodistajaperson who has seen and can testify about an event
French témoin oculaire
- témoin oculaireperson who has seen and can testify about an event
German Augenzeuge, Augenzeugin
- Augenzeugeperson who has seen and can testify about an event
- Augenzeuginperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Greek αυτόπτης μάρτυρας
- αυτόπτης μάρτυρας (aftóptis mártyras)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Hebrew עד ראיה
- עד ראיה ('ad raiah)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Hindi साक्षी, प्रत्यक्षदर्शी
- साक्षी (sākṣī)person who has seen and can testify about an event
- प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī)person who has seen and can testify about an event
- गवाह (gavāh)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Hungarian szemtanú
- szemtanúperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Indonesian saksi mata
- saksi mataperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Italian testimone oculare
- testimone oculareperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Japanese 目撃者, 実見者
- 目撃者person who has seen and can testify about an event
- 実見者person who has seen and can testify about an event
Korean 목격자
- 목격자 (mokgyeokja)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Latin arbiter, arbitra
- arbiterperson who has seen and can testify about an event
- arbitraperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Latvian aculiecinieks
- aculiecinieksperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Lithuanian liùdininkas
- liùdininkasperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Norwegian Bokmål øyenvitne, øyevitne
- øyenvitneperson who has seen and can testify about an event
- øyevitneperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Persian شاهد عینی
- شاهد عینیperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Polish naoczny świadek
- naoczny świadekperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Portuguese testemunha ocular
- testemunha ocularperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Romanian martor ocular
- martor ocularperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Russian очеви́дец, свиде́тель
- очеви́дец (očevídec)person who has seen and can testify about an event
- свиде́тель (svidételʹ)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Spanish testigo ocular
- testigo ocularperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Swedish ögonvittne
- ögonvittneperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Thai ประจักษ์พยาน, สักขีพยาน
- ประจักษ์พยาน (bprà-jàk-pá-yaan)person who has seen and can testify about an event
- สักขีพยาน (sàk-kǐi-pá-yaan)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Turkish görgü tanığı
- görgü tanığıperson who has seen and can testify about an event
Ukrainian очеви́дець m самови́дець
- очеви́дець m самови́дець (očevýdecʹ)person who has seen and can testify about an event
Cite this entry
eyewitness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyewitness
“eyewitness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyewitness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyewitness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyewitness.
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