thriller

English Online Dictionary. What means thriller‎? What does thriller mean?

English

Etymology

From thrill +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɪlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɪlɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

thriller (plural thrillers)

1. Something that thrills.
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.

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction

Hyponyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): ecothriller, horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chiller
• page-turner

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Noun

thriller m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers)

1. thriller

   Hyponym: éco-thriller

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtril.ler/
• Rhymes: -iller
• Hyphenation: thrìl‧ler

Noun

thriller m (invariable)

1. thriller (film, book etc.)

References

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.lɛr/
• Rhymes: -ilɛr
• Syllabification: thri‧ller

Noun

thriller m inan

1. thriller (literary genre)

   Synonym: dreszczowiec

2. thriller (film genre)

   Synonym: dreszczowiec

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Noun

thriller n (plural thrillere)

1. thriller

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)

1. thriller (film, book etc.)

Usage notes

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.

Further reading

• “thriller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Noun

thriller c

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

Declension

Derived terms

• actionthriller
• dramathriller
• spionthriller
• thrillerdrama
• thrillerserie

References

• thriller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)