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A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
grilfliek
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Albanian:
film horror
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Albanian:
film me tmerre
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Arabic:
فِيلْمُ رُعْبٍ
(fīlmu ruʕbin)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Armenian:
սարսափ ֆիլմ
(sarsapʻ film)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Azerbaijani:
qorxu filmi
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Belarusian:
фільм жа́хаў
(filʹm žáxaw)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Bulgarian:
филм на у́жасите
(film na úžasite)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Chinese Cantonese:
恐怖片
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Chinese Cantonese:
鬼片
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Chinese Mandarin:
恐怖電影 /恐怖电影
(kǒngbù diànyǐng)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Chinese Mandarin:
恐怖片
(kǒngbùpiàn)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Czech:
horor
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Czech:
hororový film
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Danish:
horrorfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Danish:
skrækfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Dutch:
horrorfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Dutch:
griezelfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Esperanto:
horora filmo
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Estonian:
õudusfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Estonian:
õudukas
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Faroese:
ræðufilmur
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Finnish:
kauhuelokuva
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Finnish:
kauhuleffa
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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French:
film d’horreur
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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French:
film d'épouvante
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Galician:
filme de terror
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Georgian:
საშინელებათა ფილმი
(sašinelebata pilmi)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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German:
Horrorfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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German:
Gruselfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Greek:
ταινία τρόμου
(tainía trómou)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Hebrew:
סרט אימה
(séret emá)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Hindi:
वीभत्स फ़िल्म
(vībhats film)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Hungarian:
horrorfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Icelandic:
hryllingsmynd
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Indonesian:
film horor
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Irish:
scannán uafáis
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Italian:
film horror
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Japanese:
ホラー映画
(horā eiga)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Kazakh:
қорқынышты фильм
(qorqynyşty film)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Korean:
공포영화
(gongpoyeonghwa)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Korean:
호러영화
(horeoyeonghwa)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Northern Kurdish:
filma tirsê
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Kyrgyz:
коркунучтуу фильм
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Latvian:
šausmu filma
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Lithuanian:
siaubo filmas
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Macedonian:
филм на ужа́сите
(film na užásite)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Macedonian:
хо́рор-филм
(hóror-film)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Malay:
filem seram
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Maltese:
film tal-orrur
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Maltese:
film tal-biża’
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Marathi:
भयचित्रपट
(bhaycitrapaṭ)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Marathi:
भयपट
(bhaypaṭ)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Mongolian:
аймшгийн кино
(ajmšgiin kino)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Norwegian Bokmål:
skrekkfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Norwegian Bokmål:
grøsser
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
skrekkfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
grøssar
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Iranian Persian:
فیلْمِ تَرْسْناک
(film-e tarsnâk)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Polish:
film grozy
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Polish:
horror
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Portuguese:
filme de terror
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Romanian:
film de groază
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Russian:
фильм у́жасов
(filʹm úžasov)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Russian:
ужа́стик
(užástik)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Russian:
хо́ррор
(xórror)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Serbo-Croatian:
хорор филм
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Serbo-Croatian:
horor film
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Slovak:
hororový film
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Slovene:
grozljivka
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Swahili:
filamu ya kutisha
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Swedish:
skräckfilm
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Swedish:
skräckis
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Swedish:
rysare
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Tagalog:
pelikulang katatakutan
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Tajik:
филми тарснок
(film-i tarsnok)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Tajik:
филми даҳшатнок
(film-i dahšatnok)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Thai:
ภาพยนตร์สยองขวัญ
(pâap-pá-yon-sà-yɔ̌ɔng-kwǎn)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Turkish:
korku filmi
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Ukrainian:
фільм жа́хів
(filʹm žáxiv)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Urdu:
ہَیبَت ناک فِلْم
(haibat nāk film)
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Uzbek:
dahshatli film
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens
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Vietnamese:
phim kinh dị
— motion picture which horrifies or frightens