terror
English
/ˈtɛɹɚ/, /ˈtɛɚ/, /ˈtɛɹə/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
- (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.
- (uncountable) terrorism
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French terreur (fear, terror, dread) derived from Latin terror (fear, terror, fright) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (shake).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tre-
Gloss
shake
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🤝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Islamoterrorism English
- agroterror English
- agroterrorism English
- agroterrorist English
- antiterror English
- antiterrorism English
- antiterrorist English
- bioterror English
- bioterrorism English
- bioterrorist English
- counter-terrorism English
- counterterror English
- counterterrorist English
- cyber-terrorism English
- cyberterror English
- cyberterrorism English
- cyberterrorist English
- ecoterror English
- ecoterrorism English
- ecoterrorist English
- megaterror English
- narcoterror English
- narcoterrorism English
- narcoterrorist English
- nonterror English
- nonterrorism English
- nonterrorist English
- nonterroristic English
- pharmacoterrorism English
- stricken English
- struck English
- superterrorist English
- terror-stricken English
- terrorcore English
- terrorful English
- terrorise English
- terrorism English
- terrorist English
- terroristic English
- terroristical English
- terroristically English
- terrorization English
- terrorize English
- terrorizee English
- terrorizer English
- terrorless English
- terrorlessness English
- terrorsome English
- terrorsploitation English
- terrorstricken English
- terrorstruck English
- theoterrorism English
- puhelinterrori Finnish
- terrori Finnish
- terrori-isku Finnish
- terroriteko Finnish
- terreō Latin
- terror Latin
- terror, terrorem Latin
- terror Hungarian
- terrorista Hungarian
- terrorizmus Hungarian
- terrortámadás Hungarian
- terreur Dutch, Flemish
- terreur French
- terrorisme French
- terroriste French
- *tre- Proto-Indo-European
- terror Norwegian Bokmål
- terrorangrep Norwegian Bokmål
- terrorhandling Norwegian Bokmål
- terrorregime Norwegian Bokmål
- テロリスト Japanese
- テロリズム Japanese
- terror Polish
- terror Norwegian Nynorsk
- terrorangrep Norwegian Nynorsk
- terrorhandling Norwegian Nynorsk
- terrorregime Norwegian Nynorsk
- terroråtak Norwegian Nynorsk
- त्रसति Sanskrit
- terreur Old French
- teruro Esperanto
- terror Galician
- teroristă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- terreur Middle French
- טרור Hebrew (modern)
- 테러리스트 Korean
- *trásati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- struck
- stricken
- nonterror
- terrorful
- terrorize
- bioterror
- terrorist
- terrorism
- ecoterror
- terrorise
- terrorsome
- terrorless
- megaterror
- terrorcore
- terrorizer
- antiterror
- agroterror
- terrorizee
- cyberterror
- narcoterror
- terroristic
- nonterrorism
- terrorstruck
- bioterrorism
- bioterrorist
- nonterrorist
- ecoterrorism
- ecoterrorist
- antiterrorist
- theoterrorism
- counterterror
- terrorization
- terroristical
- agroterrorist
- antiterrorism
- agroterrorism
- cyberterrorism
- terrorlessness
- narcoterrorist
- cyberterrorist
- nonterroristic
- superterrorist
- terrorstricken
- narcoterrorism
- terror-stricken
- terroristically
- cyber-terrorism
- Islamoterrorism
- counterterrorist
- counter-terrorism
- terrorsploitation
- pharmacoterrorism