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;,