thriller
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪlə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪlɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Noun edit
thriller (plural thrillers)
- Something that thrills.
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian[1]:
- While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute.
- (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
- (beverages) Commercial term for a sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.
Synonyms edit
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel
Hypernyms edit
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction
Hyponyms edit
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): ecothriller, horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English thriller.
Noun edit
thriller m inan
- thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | thriller | thrillery |
genitive | thrilleru | thrillerů |
dative | thrilleru | thrillerům |
accusative | thriller | thrillery |
vocative | thrillere | thrillery |
locative | thrilleru | thrillerech |
instrumental | thrillerem | thrillery |
Further reading edit
- thriller in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English thriller.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thriller m (plural thrillers)
- thriller
- Hyponym: éco-thriller
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “thriller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English thriller.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thriller m (invariable)
- thriller (film, book etc.)
References edit
- ^ thriller in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thriller m inan
- thriller (literary genre)
- Synonym: dreszczowiec
- thriller (film genre)
- Synonym: dreszczowiec
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | thriller | thrillery |
genitive | thrillera | thrillerów |
dative | thrillerowi | thrillerom |
accusative | thriller | thrillery |
instrumental | thrillerem | thrillerami |
locative | thrillerze | thrillerach |
vocative | thrillerze | thrillery |
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.
Noun edit
thriller n (plural thrillere)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) thriller | thrillerul | (niște) thrillere | thrillerele |
genitive/dative | (unui) thriller | thrillerului | (unor) thrillere | thrillerelor |
vocative | thrillerule | thrillerelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθrileɾ/ [ˈθ̬ri.leɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsrileɾ/ [ˈzri.leɾ]
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾi.leɾ]
- Rhymes: -ileɾ
Noun edit
thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)
- thriller (film, book etc.)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading edit
- “thriller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.
Noun edit
thriller c
- a thriller (book, movie, etc.)
Declension edit
Declension of thriller | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | thriller | thrillern | thrillers, thrillrar | thrillrarna |
Genitive | thrillers | thrillerns | thrillers, thrillrars | thrillrarnas |