terreur

Borrowed from French terreur f, from Middle French terreur f, from Old French terreur f, from Latin terror m.

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈrøːr/, /təˈrøːr/

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• Hyphenation: ter‧reur
• Rhymes: -øːr

terreur f (plural terreurs or terreuren, diminutive terreurtje n)

1. terror, instance or cause of fear
2. regime of terror

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. terrorism

   Synonym: terrorisme

   De hond werd verdacht van betrokkenheid bij terreur. ― The dog was suspected of involvement in terrorism.

• terreurgroep
• terreurverdachte

• → Indonesian: teror

Inherited from Middle French terreur f, from Old French terreur f, itself borrowed from Latin terror m.

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁœʁ/ ~ /te.ʁœʁ/

• Audio; “la terreur”:

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

terreur f (plural terreurs)

1. terror
2. (music) terrorcore

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• terroriser
• terrorisme m
• terroriste m or f by sense

• terrifiant

• →? Dutch: terreur
  • → Indonesian: teror
• → Persian: ترور (teror, “assassination”)
• → Romanian: teroare f

• “terreur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Inherited from Old French terreur f.

terreur f (plural terreurs)

1. terror

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• French: terreur f
  • →? Dutch: terreur
    • → Indonesian: teror
  • → Persian: ترور (teror, “assassination”)
  • → Romanian: teroare f
• → Middle English: terrour, terrawr
  • English: terror
  • Scots: terror

• “terreur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• terrour

Borrowed from Latin terror, terrorem m.

terreur oblique singular, f (oblique plural terreurs, nominative singular terreur, nominative plural terreurs)

1. terror (extreme fear)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• Middle French: terreur f
  • French: terreur f
    • →? Dutch: terreur
      • → Indonesian: teror
    • → Persian: ترور (teror, “assassination”)
    • → Romanian: teroare f
  • → Middle English: terrour, terrawr
    • English: terror
    • Scots: terror

• “terreur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012