thriller

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English

Etymology

From thrill +‎ -er (suffix: agent noun).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thrĭl′ər
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɪl.ə/

• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɪl.əɹ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹəl.ɐ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾil.ɜʳ/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: thrill‧er

Noun

thriller (plural thrillers)

1. (generally) Something that thrills.
3. (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

   Synonym: pulp novel

   Hypernyms: detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction

   Hyponyms: ecothriller, horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction

4. (beverages) A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chiller
• page-turner

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪlɛr]
• Rhymes: -ɪlɛr
• Hyphenation: thril‧ler

Noun

thriller m inan

2. (film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

Declension

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɪ.lər/, [ˈθrɪ.lər]
• Rhymes: -ɪlər
• Hyphenation: thril‧ler

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers, diminutive thrillertje n)

2. (film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.lœʁ/, (anglicized) /sʁi.lœʁ/
• Hyphenation: thril‧ler

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers)

2. (film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

   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)

2. (film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

References

Further reading

• thriller in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.lɛr/, /ˈtril.lɛr/
• Rhymes: -ilɛr, -illɛr
• Syllabification: thril‧ler

Noun

thriller m inan

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

   Synonym: dreszczowiec

   Hypernyms: dzieło, utwór

   Near-synonym: horror

   thriller opowiada o czymś ― thriller tells the story of something

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)

2. (film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

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
• Syllabification: thril‧ler

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)

2. (film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

Noun

thriller c

2. (film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)

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)