terreur
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French terreur, from Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, from Latin terror.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛˈrøːr/, /təˈrøːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ter‧reur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
terreur f (plural terreurs or terreuren, diminutive terreurtje n)
- terror, instance or cause of fear
- regime of terror
- terrorism
- De hond werd verdacht van betrokkenheid bij terreur. ― The dog was suspected of involvement in terrorism.
Derived terms
- terreurgroep
- terreurverdachte
French
Etymology
From Middle French terreur, from Old French terreur, borrowed from Latin terror, terrorem (“terror, fear, distress”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁœʁ/, /te.ʁœʁ/
audio (la terreur) (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
Noun
terreur f (plural terreurs)
- terror
- (music) terrorcore
Further reading
- “terreur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French terreur.
Noun
terreur f (plural terreurs)
- terror
Descendants
- French: terreur
Old French
Alternative forms
- terrour
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terror, terrorem.
Noun
terreur f (oblique plural terreurs, nominative singular terreur, nominative plural terreurs)
- terror (extreme fear)
Descendants
- Middle French: terreur
- French: terreur
- → Middle English: terrour, terrawr
- English: terror
- Scots: terror