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English

Etymology

thrill +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(r)

Noun

thriller (plural thrillers)

1. Something that thrills.
2. (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.

Synonyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel

Hypernyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction

Hyponyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): ecothriller, horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chiller
• page-turner

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Noun

thriller m

1. thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.)

Further reading

• thriller in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.l??/, (anglicized) /s?i.lœ?/

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers)

1. thriller

   Hyponym: éco-thriller

Derived terms

Further reading

• “thriller” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Noun

thriller m (invariable)

1. thriller (film, book etc)

Further reading

• thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

From English thriller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?i.l?r/

Noun

thriller m inan

1. (film, literature) thriller

   Synonym: dreszczowiec

Declension

Further reading

• thriller in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• thriller in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)

1. thriller (film, book etc.)

Further reading

• “thriller” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.