# thriller
## English
### Etymology

From thrill +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈθɹɪlə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈθɹɪlɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

### Noun

thriller (plural thrillers)
* Something that thrills.
** 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian‎:While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute.
* (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
* (beverages) A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.

#### 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

* ecothriller

#### Translations
### See also

* chiller
* page-turner

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

### Noun

thriller m inan
* thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “thriller”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθrɪ.lər/, /ˈtrɪ.lər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: thril‧ler

### Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers, diminutive thrillertje n)
* thriller (genre of fiction)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English thriller.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁi.lœʁ/, (anglicized) /sʁi.lœʁ/

### Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers)
* thriller
    Hyponym: éco-thriller

#### Derived terms

* éco-thriller

### 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: /ˈtril.ler/
* Rhymes: -iller
* Hyphenation: thrìl‧ler

### Noun

thriller m (invariable)
* thriller (film, book etc.)

### References

* ↑ thriller in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtri.lɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ilɛr
* Syllabification: thri‧ller

### Noun

thriller m inan
* thriller (literary genre)
    Synonym: dreszczowiec
* thriller (film genre)
    Synonym: dreszczowiec

#### Declension
### Further reading

* thriller in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* thriller in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

### Noun

thriller n (plural thrillere)
* thriller

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθrileɾ/ [ˈθ̬ri.leɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsrileɾ/ [ˈzri.leɾ]
* IPA: /ˈtɾileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾi.leɾ]
* Rhymes: -ileɾ

### Noun

thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)
* thriller (film, book etc.)

#### 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.

### Noun

thriller c
* a thriller (book, movie, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* actionthriller
* dramathriller
* spionthriller
* thrillerdrama
* thrillerserie

### References

* thriller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* thriller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)