Terreur

== French == === Etymology === From terreur (“terror”), named so after the violence of the period, where over a thousand people were massacred or executed by guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety under Maximilien Robespierre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁœʁ/ ~ /te.ʁœʁ/ Homophone: terreur === Proper noun === la Terreur f the Reign of Terror