thriller

== English == === Etymology === From thrill +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪ.lə/ (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪ.ləɹ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈθɹə.lɐ/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾi.ləɾ/ Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ) Hyphenation: thrill‧er === Noun === thriller (plural thrillers) (generally) Something that thrills. (fiction) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film. Synonym: pulp novel Hypernyms: detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction Hyponyms: ecothriller, horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === chiller page-turner == Czech == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thriller. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtrɪlɛr] Rhymes: -ɪlɛr Hyphenation: thril‧ler === Noun === thriller m inan (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “thriller”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English thriller. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɪ.lər/, [ˈθrɪ.lər] Rhymes: -ɪlər Hyphenation: thril‧ler === Noun === thriller m (plural thrillers, diminutive thrillertje n) (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English thriller. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁi.lœʁ/, (anglicized) /sʁi.lœʁ/ Hyphenation: thril‧ler === Noun === thriller m (plural thrillers) (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) Hyponym: éco-thriller ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “thriller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English thriller. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtril.ler/ Rhymes: -iller Hyphenation: thrìl‧ler === Noun === thriller m (invariable) (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) === References === === Further reading === thriller in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thriller. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtri.lɛr/, /ˈtril.lɛr/ Rhymes: -ilɛr, -illɛr Syllabification: thril‧ler === Noun === thriller m inan (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) Synonym: dreszczowiec Hypernyms: dzieło, utwór Near-synonym: horror thriller opowiada o czymś ― thriller tells the story of something ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === thriller in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN thriller in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thriller. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: thril‧ler === Noun === thriller m (plural thrillers) (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) Synonym: suspense === Further reading === “thriller”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “thriller”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “thriller”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “thriller”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thriller. === Noun === thriller n (plural thrillere) (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thriller. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθrileɾ/ [ˈθ̬ri.leɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsrileɾ/ [ˈzri.leɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈtɾileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾi.leɾ] Rhymes: -ileɾ Syllabification: thril‧ler === Noun === thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller) (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “thriller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thriller. === Noun === thriller c (fiction) thriller (genre of fiction) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “thriller”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “thriller”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “thriller”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)