"terrorist" in seven languages
Meaningterrorist
Spanish
/teroˈɾista/
masc.borrowed · French terroriste
Same form for both genders: el/la terrorista.
French
/tɛʁɔʁist/
masc.learned
Same form for both genders: un/une terroriste.
Italian
/terroˈrista/
masc.borrowed · French terroriste
Same form for both genders; plural terroristi / terroriste.
Portuguese
/tehoˈɾistɐ/
masc.borrowed · French terroriste
Romanian
/teroˈrist/
masc.borrowed · French terroriste
Catalan
/tərruˈɾistə/
masc.borrowed · French terroriste
English
/ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/
from Latin/French · French terroriste
The Latin ancestor
TERROREM‘fright, dread’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Coined in French during the Revolution for supporters of the Terror, built on learned terreur; English, Spanish and Italian all borrowed it from French.
English relatives: terror, terrible, terrify, deter
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In a sentence
- esDetuvieron a los terroristas.
- frLes terroristes ont été arrêtés.
- itI terroristi sono stati arrestati.
- ptOs terroristas foram presos.
- roTeroriștii au fost arestați.
- caVan detenir els terroristes.
- enThe terrorists were arrested.