"horror" in seven languages
Meaninghorror
Spanish
horror
/oˈror/
masc.learned
A horror film is una película de terror.
French
horreur
/ɔʁœʁ/
fem.learned
A horror film is un film d'horreur.
Italian
orrore
/orˈrore/
masc.learned
A horror film is un film horror.
Portuguese
horror
/oˈhoh/
masc.learned
Romanian
groază
/ˈɡro̯azə/
fem.other source · Slavic (Old Church Slavonic groza 'terror')
Catalan
horror
/uˈror/
masc.learned
English
horror
/ˈhɔɹɚ/
from Latin/French · Old French horror, from Latin
English → ItalianhorrororroreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
HORRŌREM‘bristling, shuddering’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin HORRĒRE meant 'to bristle': horror is the feeling of your hair standing on end. Spanish keeps the silent h, Italian drops it and doubles the r.
English relatives: horrible, horrid, horrify
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In a sentence
- esMiraba con horror.
- frElle regardait avec horreur.
- itGuardava con orrore.
- ptEla olhava com horror.
- roPrivea cu groază.
- caHo mirava amb horror.
- enShe watched in horror.
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