thriller

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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From thrill +‎ -er.

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Noun

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thriller (plural thrillers)

  1. Something that thrills.
    • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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.
  2. (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
  3. (beverages) A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.

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  • (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English thriller.

Noun

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thriller m inan

  1. thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • thriller”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʁi.lœʁ/, (anglicized) /sʁi.lœʁ/

Noun

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thriller m (plural thrillers)

  1. thriller
    Hyponym: éco-thriller

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English thriller.

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thriller m (invariable)

  1. thriller (film, book etc.)

References

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  1. ^ thriller in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

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Noun

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thriller m inan

  1. thriller (literary genre)
    Synonym: dreszczowiec
  2. thriller (film genre)
    Synonym: dreszczowiec

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Further reading

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  • thriller in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • thriller in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Noun

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thriller n (plural thrillere)

  1. thriller

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθrileɾ/ [ˈθ̬ri.leɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsrileɾ/ [ˈzri.leɾ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾi.leɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ileɾ

Noun

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thriller m (plural thrillers or #)

  1. thriller (film, book etc.)

Usage notes

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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.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Noun

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thriller c

  1. a thriller (book, movie, etc.)

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