English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] French terroriste ; synchronically terror + -ist . First used by Edmund Burke .
Pronunciation
Noun
terrorist (plural terrorists )
A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
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An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
Hyponyms
Translations
person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
Afrikaans: terroriste
Albanian: terrorist (sq) m
Amharic: አሸባሪ ( ʾäšäbari )
Arabic: إِرْهَابِيّ m ( ʔirhābiyy ) , إِرْهَابِيَّة f ( ʔirhābiyya )
Armenian: ահաբեկիչ (hy) ( ahabekičʻ ) ,տեռորիստ (hy) ( teṙorist )
Asturian: terrorista m or f
Azerbaijani: terrorist , terrorçu
Basque: terrorista (eu)
Belarusian: тэрары́ст m ( terarýst ) , тэрары́стка f ( terarýstka )
Bengali: সন্ত্রাসবাদী ( śontrasbadi )
Bulgarian: терори́ст m ( teroríst ) , терори́стка f ( terorístka )
Burmese: အကြမ်းဖက်သမား (my) ( a.kram:hpaksa.ma: )
Catalan: terrorista (ca) m or f
Cebuano: terorista
Central Huishui Hmong: neeg ua phem
Chichewa: zigawenga
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恐怖份子 (zh) ( kǒngbùfènzi ) , 恐怖主義者 / 恐怖主义者 (zh) ( kǒngbùzhǔyìzhě ) , 恐怖主义者 (zh) ( kǒngbùzhǔyìzhě )
Cornish: broweghyas m , broweghyades f
Corsican: tirrurista
Czech: terorista (cs) m
Danish: terrorist (da)
Dutch: terrorist (nl) m , terreurpleger m , terroriste (nl) f , terreurpleegster f
Esperanto: teroristo
Estonian: terrorist (et)
Finnish: terroristi (fi)
French: terroriste (fr) m or f
Galician: terrorista (gl) m or f
Georgian: ტერორისტი (ka) ( ṭerorisṭi )
German: Terrorist (de) m , Terroristin (de) f
Greek: τρομοκράτης (el) m ( tromokrátis )
Gujarati: આતંકી ( ātaṅkī )
Haitian Creole: teroris
Hebrew: טֶרוֹרִיסְט (he) m ( teroríst ) , מְחַבֵּל m ( m'khabél )
Hindi: आतंकवादी (hi) ( ātaṅkvādī )
Hungarian: terrorista (hu)
Icelandic: hryðjuverkamaður
Igbo: na-eyi ọha egwu
Indonesian: teroris (id) , penggentar (id)
Irish: sceimhlitheoir (ga) m
Italian: terrorista (it) m or f
Japanese: テロリスト (ja) ( terorisuto ) , テロ (ja) ( tero )
Javanese: teroris
Kannada: ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ (kn) ( bhayōtpādaka )
Kazakh: лаңкес ( lañkes ) , террорист ( terrorist )
Khmer: ភេរវជន ( phe rak veak jon )
Korean: 테러리스트 ( tereoriseuteu )
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Kyrgyz: террорист (ky) ( terrorist ) , террорчу (ky) ( terrorcu )
Lao: ຜູ້ກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ ( phū kǭ kān hāi )
Latin: terrorista
Latvian: terorists
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Lithuanian: teroristas
Luxembourgish: terroristesch
Macedonian: терори́ст m ( teroríst )
Malagasy: mpampihorohoro (mg)
Malay: pengganas
Malayalam: ഭീകരൻ ( bhīkaraṉ )
Maltese: terroristiku
Maori: kaiwhakatuma
Marathi: दहशतवादी ( dahśatvādī )
Mongolian: алан хядагч ( alan xjadagč )
Norman: terreuriste m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: terrorist
Nynorsk: terrorist (nn) m
Occitan: terrorista (oc) m or f
Persian: تروریست (fa) ( terorist )
Polish: terrorysta (pl) m , terrorystka (pl) f , terroryści pl
Portuguese: terrorista (pt) m or f
Punjabi: ਅੱਤਵਾਦੀ (pa) ( attavādī )
Romanian: terorist (ro) m , teroristă (ro) f
Russian: террори́ст (ru) m ( terroríst ) , террори́стка (ru) f ( terrorístka )
Samoan: terorisi
Scottish Gaelic: ceannairceach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: терориста m , терорист m , терористкиња m
Roman: terorista m , teròrist (sh) m , teròristkinja (sh) f
Shona: magandanga
Sinhalese: ත්රස්තවාදී ( trastawādī )
Slovak: terorista m
Slovene: terorist (sl) m
Somali: argagaxiso
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: terorist m
Spanish: terrorista (es) m or f
Sundanese: teroris
Swahili: adui sg , maadui pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: terrorist (sv) c
Tagalog: terorista
Tajik: террорист ( terrorist ) , террорчӣ ( terrorči )
Tamil: பயங்கரவாத ( payaṅkaravāta )
Telugu: తీవ్రవాద ( tīvravāda )
Thai: ผู้ก่อการร้าย (th) ( pûu-gɔ̀ɔ-gaan-ráai )
Turkish: terörist (tr) , yıldırıcı (tr)
Turkmen: terrorçy
Ukrainian: терори́ст m ( terorýst ) , терори́ст f ( terorýst )
Urdu: دہشت گرد
Uzbek: terrorist (uz) , jangari (uz)
Vietnamese: người khủng bố (vi) , tên khủng bố , kẻ khủng bố
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) jekikodan , ( ♂ ) hijekikodan , ( ♀ ) jijekikodan , ( ♂♀ ) jeikareigan
Welsh: terfysgwr (cy) m , brawychwr m
Yiddish: טעראָריסט ( terorist )
Yoruba: apanilaya
Zulu: amaphekula
Adjective
terrorist (not comparable )
Of or relating to terrorism .
Usage notes
The use of the label "terrorist" is often controversial or subjective, since one person's terrorist may be another's "freedom fighter ", and vice versa depending on somebody's personal ideology or beliefs.
A cynical definition may be that a terrorist is someone who murders or terrorizes more of those for whom the terrorist is fighting, than their supposed enemies.
Translations
of or relating to terrorism
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
terrorist m (definite singular terroristen , indefinite plural terrorister , definite plural terroristene )
terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
terrorist m (definite singular terroristen , indefinite plural terroristar , definite plural terroristane )
terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)
Swedish
Etymology
terror + -ist
Noun
terrorist c
terrorist
Declension
See also