EuroLex/E/Thriller

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.)


 * 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;

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