EuroLex/E/Thriller

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thriller

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 1 'a sensational story, film, etc.', +2 'an exciting event'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian triller mid20c 1, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch thriller [= English/trilər] 1940s 1, the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish trilleri mid20c 1, the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
French thriller 1930s 1, status: restricted use: colloquial dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Thriller [srila] mid20c 1, the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (colloquial) dito ...
Hungarian thriller [= English/triller] end20c 1, the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (journalese, modern) dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian thriller [triller] 1950s 1, the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian thriller [triler] 1940s 1, the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Polish thriller [triler] end20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish thriller 1970s 1, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.
  • Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: Þriller = tryllir [θril:er], 1970s, meaning: 1, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (colloquial); Romanian: thriller [srilər/triler], 1970s, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: journalese, modern; Russian: triller, end20c, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: journalese, modern; Bulgarian: trlur, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (modern); Greek: thriler, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;,