terror

See also Terror

English

Alternative forms

• terrour (obsolete or hypercorrect)

Etymology

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

• IPA: /ˈtɛɹə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"tEr\@(r\)/, in some accents IPA: /ˈtɛɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrə(r), -eə(r)
• Hyphenation: ter‧ror

Noun

terror (countable and uncountable; plural terrors)

1. (uncountable) intense dread, fright, or fear.
2. (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)
3. (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)
4. (countable) something or someone that causes such fear.
   • "The terrors of the storm" (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841)

Derived terms

• terrorism
• terrorist
• terrorize, terrorized, terrorizing
• reign of terror

Related terms

• terrible
• terrific
• terrify

Translations

extreme fear

• Albanian: terror (sq), tmerr (sq)
• Catalan: terror (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐怖 (cmn) (kǒngbù)

• French: terreur (fr) f, effroi (fr) m
• German: Schrecken (de) m
• Japanese: 恐怖 (ja) (きょうふ, kyōfu)

• Korean: 공포 (ko) (gongpo) (恐怖 (ko))
• Romanian: spaimă (ro), teroare (ro) f
• Russian: ужас (ru) (úžas) m, страх (ru) (strax) m
• Scottish Gaelic: maoim (gd) f
• Slovene: groza (sl) f
• Spanish: terror (es) m
• Turkish: dehşet (tr), terör (tr), yıldırı (tr)

something causing fear

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐怖 (cmn) (kǒngbù)

• French: terreur (fr) f

• German: Terror (de) m
• Japanese: 恐怖 (ja) (きょうふ, kyōfu)
• Russian: террор (ru) (terrór) m

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• Arabic: رعب (ar) (ru`b) m, هول (ar) (hawl) m, ذعر (ar) (dhu`r) m
• Armenian: ահ (hy) (ah), սարսափ (hy) (sarsap’), վախ (hy) (vax)
• Bulgarian: ужас (úžas) m, терор (terór) m
• Croatian: teror m, užas m
• Czech: děs (cs) m, hrůza (cs) f, teror (cs) m
• Dutch: verschrikking (nl) f
• Esperanto: teroro (eo), teruro (eo)
• Finnish: kauhu (fi)
• Georgian: ზარი (ka) (zari)
• Greek: τρόμος (trómos) m
• Hebrew: אימה (he) (eymah) f, טרור (he) (teror) m, אימתן (he) (eymatan) m (2), בריון (he) (biryon) m (2)
• Hungarian: rémület, terror

• Indonesian: kengerian
• Italian: terrore (it) m
• Korean: 공포 (gongpo)
• Latin: terror (la) m
• Old English: eġe (ang)
• Polish: terror (pl) m
• Portuguese: terror (pt) m
• Romanian: teroare m
• Russian: ужас (ru) (úžas) m, страх (ru) (strax) m, (act) террор (ru) (terrór) m
• Serbian: терор (teror) m, ужас (užas) m
• Serbo-Croatian: terror (sh), užas (ужас ) (sh), užas (sh)
• Slovene: strah (sl) m
• Spanish: terror (es) m
• Swahili: kikuli sg, vikuli pl (noun 7/8)
• Swedish: skräck (sv) c
• Turkish: terör
• Ukrainian: терор (terór) m
• Vietnamese: nỗi khiếp sợ sự khủng bố

See also

• alarm
• fright
• consternation
• dread
• dismay

External links

• terror in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• terror in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Danish

Noun

terror c (singular definite terroren, plural indefinite terrore)

1. terror

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛrːor/
• Hyphenation: ter‧ror

Noun

terror (plural terrorok)

1. terror

Declension

declension of terror singular plural nominative terror terrorok accusative terrort terrorokat dative terrornak terroroknak instrumental terrorral terrorokkal causal-final terrorért terrorokért translative terrorrá terrorokká terminative terrorig terrorokig essive-formal terrorként terrorokként essive-modal - - inessive terrorban terrorokban superessive terroron terrorokon adessive terrornál terroroknál illative terrorba terrorokba sublative terrorra terrorokra allative terrorhoz terrorokhoz elative terrorból terrorokból delative terrorról terrorokról ablative terrortól terroroktól

possessives of terror possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. terrorom terroraim 2nd person sing. terrorod terroraid 3rd person sing. terrora terrorai 1st person plural terrorunk terroraink 2nd person plural terrorotok terroraitok 3rd person plural terroruk terroraik

Derived terms

• terrortámadás

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Latin

Etymology

From terreō (“frighten, terrify”).

Noun

terror (genitive terrōris); m, third declension

1. a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic
2. an object of fear or dread

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	terror	terrōrēs
genitive	terrōris	terrōrum
dative	terrōrī	terrōribus
accusative	terrōrem	terrōrēs
ablative	terrōre	terrōribus
vocative	terror	terrōrēs

Related terms

terreō terribilis

terribilitās terricula

Descendants

English: terror French: terreur Italian: terrore

Portuguese: terror Romanian: teroare Russian: террор Spanish: terror

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Portuguese

Noun

terror m (plural terrores)

1. 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.

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Spanish

Noun

terror m (plural terrores)

1. horror
2. terror

Related terms

• aterrorizar
• terrible
• terriblemente
• terrorífico
• terrorizar

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Swedish

Noun

terror c

1. terror

Declension

Declension of terror

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	terror	terrorn
genitive	terrors	terrorns

Related terms

• terrordåd
• terrorhandling
• terrorism
• terrorist