Horror in Different Languages
Discover 'Horror' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Horror
Afrikaans gruwel | ||
Albanian tmerr | ||
Amharic አስፈሪ | ||
Arabic رعب | ||
Armenian սարսափ | ||
Assamese ভয়াৱহ | ||
Aymara axtaña | ||
Azerbaijani dəhşət | ||
Bambara juguman | ||
Basque izua | ||
Belarusian жах | ||
Bengali ভয়াবহতা | ||
Bhojpuri डर | ||
Bosnian užas | ||
Bulgarian ужас | ||
Catalan horror | ||
Cebuano kalisang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 恐怖 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 恐怖 | ||
Corsican orrore | ||
Croatian užas | ||
Czech hrůza | ||
Danish rædsel | ||
Dhivehi ބިރު | ||
Dogri कौफ | ||
Dutch verschrikking | ||
English horror | ||
Esperanto hororo | ||
Estonian õudus | ||
Ewe ŋɔdzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) katatakutan | ||
Finnish kauhu | ||
French horreur | ||
Frisian ôfgriis | ||
Galician horror | ||
Georgian საშინელება | ||
German grusel | ||
Greek φρίκη | ||
Guarani kyhyjevai | ||
Gujarati હોરર | ||
Haitian Creole laterè | ||
Hausa tsoro | ||
Hawaiian weliweli | ||
Hebrew חֲרָדָה | ||
Hindi डरावनी | ||
Hmong ntshai kawg | ||
Hungarian borzalom | ||
Icelandic hryllingur | ||
Igbo egwu | ||
Ilocano amak | ||
Indonesian kengerian | ||
Irish uafás | ||
Italian orrore | ||
Japanese ホラー | ||
Javanese medeni | ||
Kannada ಭಯಾನಕ | ||
Kazakh қорқыныш | ||
Khmer ភ័យរន្ធត់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwoba | ||
Konkani भिरांकूळ | ||
Korean 공포 | ||
Krio fiaful | ||
Kurdish xof | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ترس | ||
Kyrgyz коркунуч | ||
Lao ຄວາມຫນ້າຢ້ານ | ||
Latin horror | ||
Latvian šausmas | ||
Lingala nsomo | ||
Lithuanian siaubas | ||
Luganda ekyekango | ||
Luxembourgish horror | ||
Macedonian ужас | ||
Maithili डरावना | ||
Malagasy horohoro | ||
Malay seram | ||
Malayalam ഭയങ്കരതം | ||
Maltese orrur | ||
Maori whakamataku | ||
Marathi भयपट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯀꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo hlauhawm | ||
Mongolian аймшиг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထိတ်လန့်ခြင်း | ||
Nepali त्रास | ||
Norwegian skrekk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zoopsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭୟ | ||
Oromo rifaatuu guddaa | ||
Pashto وحشت | ||
Persian وحشت | ||
Polish przerażenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) horror | ||
Punjabi ਡਰ | ||
Quechua manchakuy | ||
Romanian groază | ||
Russian ужастик | ||
Samoan mataga | ||
Sanskrit भय | ||
Scots Gaelic uamhas | ||
Sepedi poifo | ||
Serbian ужас | ||
Sesotho ho tshoha | ||
Shona zvinotyisa | ||
Sindhi وحشت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) භීෂණය | ||
Slovak hrôza | ||
Slovenian groza | ||
Somali naxdin | ||
Spanish horror | ||
Sundanese kaayaan sieun | ||
Swahili kutisha | ||
Swedish skräck | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) katatakutan | ||
Tajik даҳшат | ||
Tamil திகில் | ||
Tatar куркыныч | ||
Telugu భయానక | ||
Thai สยองขวัญ | ||
Tigrinya ራዕዲ | ||
Tsonga chavisa | ||
Turkish korku | ||
Turkmen elhençlik | ||
Twi (Akan) ahuhudeɛ | ||
Ukrainian жах | ||
Urdu ہارر | ||
Uyghur قورقۇنچلۇق | ||
Uzbek dahshat | ||
Vietnamese kinh dị | ||
Welsh arswyd | ||
Xhosa uloyiko | ||
Yiddish גרויל | ||
Yoruba ibanuje | ||
Zulu ukwethuka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "gruwel" is derived from the Dutch word "gruwel" which can also mean "abomination" or "detestation". |
| Albanian | No information available regarding the origin and etymology of "tmerr" in Albanian or the existence of any alternative meanings beyond its primary definition. |
| Amharic | The word 'asferi' in Amharic can also refer to the supernatural or the mysterious. |
| Arabic | Arabic رعب (raʿb, “horror”) is cognate with Hebrew רָעַב (rāʿaḇ, “famine”) and Ugaritic rʿb (“devastation”). |
| Armenian | The word "սարսափ" (sarsap) in Armenian comes from the Persian word "سرسپ" (sarsap), meaning "terror" or "great fear". |
| Azerbaijani | Dəhşət is derived from the Persian word 'dahshat', meaning 'dread' or 'terror'. |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "izua" also refers to a type of wild boar. |
| Belarusian | The word "жах" is derived from a Proto-Slavic root that also meant "heat", "fire" and "to dry out." |
| Bosnian | The common Bosnian word "užas" also has a less frequent alternate meaning of "rapture", which is related to its original Proto-Indo-European root (*heug-) for "to enjoy". |
| Bulgarian | The word "ужас" can also refer to something unpleasant or disgusting. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "horror" comes from the Latin word "horror", meaning "dread" or "terror", and also means "strong aversion" or "disgust". |
| Cebuano | The word "kalisang" is derived from the root word "lisang" meaning "fear" or "dread". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 恐怖 (kǒngbù) can also mean "fear" or "dread". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 恐怖 in Chinese can also mean "fear" or "dread". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "orrore" also means "terror" or "great fear." |
| Croatian | The word "užas" in Croatian comes from the Proto-Slavic root *ǫž-, meaning "narrow" or "constricted," akin to "užasan" meaning "terrible" or "dreadful." |
| Czech | The word "hrůza" in Czech comes from the Proto-Slavic word *gordъ, meaning "wrath", "anger", or "fear". |
| Danish | The word "rædsel" also translates to "fear" and "dread" in English. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "verschrikking" is etymologically related to "schrik" (fear), which itself derives from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to jump" or "to shudder". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "hororo" shares its root with the French word "horreur" and the Latin word "horror" |
| Estonian | The word "õudus" also has an alternate meaning of "solemnity or awe". This is likely due to its historical association with the Estonian word "õud", which means "fear" or "dread". |
| Finnish | "Kauhu" is possibly related to the Estonian word "Kohu", meaning "noise" or "commotion". |
| French | The French word “horreur” derives from “horrere,” a Latin term used to signify dread and standing on end of body hair. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ôfgriis" also means "disgusting" or "shocking". |
| German | The word 'Grusel' is derived from the Middle High German word 'grusen', meaning 'to shudder' or 'to tremble', and is related to the English word 'gruesome'. |
| Greek | The word "φρίκη" not only means "horror" but also "thrill" and "goosebumps" in Greek. |
| Gujarati | The word "હોરર" in Gujarati can also refer to a "dreadful or terrifying object". |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'laterè' is derived from 'lòt kote', meaning 'the other side'. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "tsoro" is also used to describe a feeling of awe or respect. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "weliweli" also has meanings like "dreadful", "awful", or "dastardly" in addition to the primary definition of "horror". |
| Hebrew | The word "חרדה" also means "fear," "anxiety," or "trembling." |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "डरावनी" (pronounced "daraavani") is derived from the Sanskrit word "डर" (pronounced "dar"), meaning "fear" or "terror." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "ntshai kawg" originally meant "to be startled or dismayed. |
| Hungarian | The word "borzalom" is derived from two root words: "bor," meaning "wine," and "alom," meaning "sleep." |
| Icelandic | Hryllingur, also means 'shiver' and was an Old Norse kenning for death and battle. |
| Igbo | "Egwu" also means 'play' or 'dance' |
| Indonesian | The word "kengerian" is derived from the Old Javanese word "kenger", meaning "to tremble" or "to shudder". |
| Irish | "Uafás" (horror) may be related to "uafa" (a terrible thing or calamity) or "fó" (under, below) |
| Italian | The word "orrore" derives from the Latin "horrere," meaning "to tremble" or "to be terrified." |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the word "ホラー" is used as an abbreviated form of the phrase "お化けランド" (obake rando), meaning "haunted place". |
| Javanese | The word "medeni" can also mean "civilized" or "cultured" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ಭಯಾನಕ" originates from the Sanskrit word "भीषण" meaning "terrible" or "frightening." |
| Kazakh | The word "қорқыныш" is derived from the Old Turkic word "qorq", meaning "to fear". |
| Korean | "공포" can mean "horror," "awe," and "fear" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | In Persian, the word "xof" means "embarrassment." |
| Kyrgyz | In the Old Turkic language 'khorkhun' meant a monster with large teeth |
| Latin | The Latin root of "horror" meant not only "horror" but "coarse" or "rough," as in the phrase "horrid skin." |
| Latvian | Etymology: derives from *šausma from Proto-Baltic *šau- "trembling; fear" (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱau-) |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "siaubas" is etymologically related to the Sanskrit word "sivati," meaning "pain". |
| Luxembourgish | While "Horror" has the same meaning in Luxembourgish, the word "Horrorfilm" means "horror movie." |
| Macedonian | The word 'ужас' also means 'terror' and 'dread' in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "horohoro" can also mean "to shudder from fear or cold" or "to shake or tremble". |
| Malay | The word "seram" in Malay, meaning "horror," also means "cool" or "chilly" in Indonesian. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഭയങ്കരതം" (horror) in Malayalam originates from the Sanskrit word "भय" (fear) with the suffix "-തം" (-ness) and implies a state of intense fright or terror. |
| Maltese | The word "orrur" is derived from the Latin word "horror", which originally meant "dread" or "shuddering". |
| Maori | The word "whakamataku" literally translates to "that which makes one ashamed" in Maori |
| Marathi | The word "भयपट" is derived from the Sanskrit word "भय" (fear) and "पट" (screen), and can also refer to a film or television program that is intended to cause fear or suspense. |
| Mongolian | The word "аймшиг" can also mean "fear", "dread", or "terror" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word 'त्रास' ('horror' in Nepali) also means 'fear', 'anxiety', or 'distress' in some contexts. |
| Norwegian | The word "skrekk" in Norwegian ultimately derives from the Old Norse word "skrá", meaning "to cry out" or "to shriek". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja word "zoopsa" originally meant "something unpleasant or bad" and later acquired an extended sense, meaning "horror" as well. |
| Pashto | The etymology of 'وحشت' is connected to terror, anxiety, and a wild beast, and its alternate meaning in Pashto is 'wild'. |
| Persian | The Persian word 'وحشت' (vaḥshat) shares its root with 'wild', 'bewilder', and 'beast'. |
| Polish | The word "przerażenie" originally meant "trembling" or "shivering". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Horror" (horror) comes from the Latin "horrere" (to bristle, shudder). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਡਰ" in Punjabi can also mean "fear" or "dread". |
| Romanian | The word "groază" originates from the Slavic word "graza", meaning "terror" or "fear". |
| Russian | The word "ужастик" can also mean "an ugly person" or "a very unpleasant, fearsome person". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word mataga originates from the Proto-Austronesian word *mata, meaning 'eye' or 'face'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "uamhas" in Scots Gaelic also means "terrible" or "fearsome". |
| Serbian | The word "ужас" can also refer to a feeling of awe or reverence. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "ho tshoha" not only means "horror", but it also refers to the sensation caused by the sight or thought of something extremely unpleasant. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "وحشت" (horror) likely derives from the Arabic word "وحشة" (solitude), emphasizing the isolated and terrifying nature of fear. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "භීෂණය" (bheeshanaya) in Sinhala can also mean "fearsome" or "ghastly". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "hrôza" also means "fear" or "terror" and comes from the Proto-Slavic word *xorzъ, which meant "trembling" or "shivering." |
| Slovenian | The word 'groza' also means 'thunderstorm' and derives from the Proto-Slavic word for 'thunder'. |
| Somali | The word "naxdin" in Somali can also mean "a great fear" or "an evil spirit." |
| Spanish | La palabra "horror" también se usa para referirse a la admiración o asombro extremo. |
| Sundanese | The word "kaayaan sieun" can also refer to a spooky or eerie feeling or atmosphere. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kutisha" is thought to derive from the Arabic word "khatsh" which means "to dread". |
| Swedish | The word 'skräck' is derived from the Old Norse word 'skrækr', which means 'fear' or 'terror'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Katatakutan" may mean "horror" or "fearsome; horrible", and also means "to terrorize" or "to intimidate" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "даҳшат" can also mean "astonishment" or "awe" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'திகில்' (horror) derives from the verb 'திகு,' meaning 'to shudder' or 'to tremble.' Its alternate meaning is 'surprise' or 'astoundment,' reflecting the physiological and emotional response to something shocking or unforeseen. |
| Telugu | The word "భయానక" can also mean "terrible" or "formidable" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "สยองขวัญ" literally means "causing the hair to stand on end" or "causing the spine to chill". |
| Turkish | Turkish korku meaning “horror” comes from the Persian word “khof” meaning “fear, dread” |
| Ukrainian | 'Жах' is derived from the Old Ukrainian word 'жахати,' meaning 'frighten' and 'chase.' |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "ہارر" (horror) derives from the Arabic word "هار" (fear), suggesting a sense of intense dread or terror. |
| Uzbek | The word “dahshat” in Uzbek initially meant “greatness” and, only later, acquired its current meaning of “horror”. |
| Vietnamese | The word "kinh dị" can also mean "dreadful" or "terrible". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "arswyd" originates from the Proto-Celtic root "*ars-wido-" meaning "terror, fright, fear". |
| Xhosa | The word "uloyiko" is commonly translated to mean horror and fear. However, it literally means "to see" or "to encounter something that is frightful". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גרויל" (groyl) is derived from the Middle High German word "gruwell" (horror), which in turn comes from the Old French word "cruël" (cruel). |
| Yoruba | The term "ibanuje" in Yoruba can also mean "awe" or "admiration" when used to describe a spectacle or a person's appearance. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ukwethuka" also means, "to move or shake with fear". |
| English | The word 'horror' derives from the Latin 'horrēre', which means to bristle, tremble, or shudder. |