"horrible" in seven languages
Meaninghorrible
Spanish
horrible
/oˈrible/
learned
French
horrible
/ɔʁibl/
learned
Italian
orribile
/orˈribile/
learned
Portuguese
horrível
/oˈhivew/
learned
Romanian
oribil
/oˈribil/
learned
Catalan
horrible
/uˈribblə/
learned
English
horrible
/ˈhɔɹəbəl/
from Latin/French · Old French horrible, Latin HORRIBILIS
English → ItalianhorribleorribileCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
HORRIBILEM‘dreadful (from HORRĒRE 'to bristle, shudder')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
HORRĒRE meant 'to bristle', as hair does in fear. Spanish and French keep a silent h; Italian drops it in writing too.
English relatives: horror, horrid, horrify, abhor
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In a sentence
- esHizo un tiempo horrible.
- frIl a fait un temps horrible.
- itIl tempo era orribile.
- ptO tempo estava horrível.
- roVremea a fost oribilă.
- caVa fer un temps horrible.
- enThe weather was horrible.
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