thriller
English
Etymology
thrill + -er
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪlə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪlɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
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:
- 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.
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- (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
Synonyms
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel
Hypernyms
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction
Hyponyms
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): ecothriller, horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction
Derived terms
- ecothriller
Translations
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See also
- chiller
- page-turner
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Noun
thriller m
- thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.)
Further reading
- thriller in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁi.lœʁ/, (anglicized) /sʁi.lœʁ/
Noun
thriller m (plural thrillers)
- thriller
- Hyponym: éco-thriller
Derived terms
- éco-thriller
Further reading
- “thriller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtril.ler/[1]
- Rhymes: -iller
- Hyphenation: thrìl‧ler
Noun
thriller m (invariable)
- thriller (film, book etc.)
References
- thriller in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtri.lɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ilɛr
- Syllabification: thri‧ller
Noun
thriller m inan
- (film, literature) thriller
- Synonym: dreszczowiec
Declension
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
- thriller in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- thriller in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.
Noun
thriller n (plural thrillere)
- thriller
Declension
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
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθrileɾ/ [ˈθ̬ri.leɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsrileɾ/ [ˈzri.leɾ]
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾi.leɾ]
- Rhymes: -ileɾ
Noun
thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)
- thriller (film, book etc.)
Usage notes
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
- “thriller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
thriller c
- a thriller (book, movie, etc.)
Declension
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 |
References
- thriller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)