terror
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- terrour (obsolete or hypercorrect)
Etymology [edit]
From Old French terreur (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin accusative terrorem (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrere (“to frighten, terrify”), from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), Proto-Indo-European *tres- (“to tremble”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈtɛɹə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"tEr\@(r\)/, in some accents IPA: /ˈtɛɹ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrə(r), -eə(r)
- Hyphenation: ter‧ror
Noun [edit]
terror (countable and uncountable; plural terrors)
- (uncountable) intense dread, fright, or fear.
- (countable) specific instances of being intensely terrified
- "The terrors with which I was seized[...]were extreme." (William Godwin, Things as they are; or, The adventures of Caleb, 1794)
- (uncountable) the action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction
- "The tale of terror: a study of the Gothic romance" (title of a 1921 work by E. Birkhead)
- (countable) something or someone that causes such fear.
- "The terrors of the storm" (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841)
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Translations [edit]
extreme fear
something causing fear
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See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- terror in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- terror in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Danish [edit]
Noun [edit]
terror c (singular definite terroren, plural indefinite terrore)
Hungarian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈtɛrːor/
- Hyphenation: ter‧ror
Noun [edit]
terror (plural terrorok)
Declension [edit]
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declension of terror
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possessives of terror
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Derived terms [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From terreō (“frighten, terrify”).
Noun [edit]
terror (genitive terrōris); m, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | terror | terrōrēs |
| genitive | terrōris | terrōrum |
| dative | terrōrī | terrōribus |
| accusative | terrōrem | terrōrēs |
| ablative | terrōre | terrōribus |
| vocative | terror | terrōrēs |
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Descendants [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Noun [edit]
terror m (plural terrores)
- terror
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 493:
- Os olhos do elfo se arregalavam de terror e ele tremia.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 493:
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
terror m (plural terrores)
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Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
terror c
Declension [edit]
Declension of terror