terrorist

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• /ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English terrorist From terror + -ist. In the historical sense, after French terroriste. First used in 1794 in the Courier and Evening Gazette.

194 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِرْهَابِيّ (ʔirhābiyy) — of or relating to terrorism
• Armenian: ահաբեկչական (ahabekčʻakan) — of or relating to terrorism
• Asturian: terrorista — of or relating to terrorism
• Belarusian: тэрарысты́чны (terarystýčny) — of or relating to terrorism
• Bulgarian: терористи́чен (teroristíčen) — of or relating to terrorism
• Catalan: terrorista — of or relating to terrorism
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖主義的 /恐怖主义的 (kǒngbùzhǔyì de) — of or relating to terrorism
• Czech: teroristický — of or relating to terrorism
• Danish: terroristisk — of or relating to terrorism
• Dutch: terroristisch — of or relating to terrorism
• Finnish: terroristi- — of or relating to terrorism
• Finnish: terroristien — of or relating to terrorism
• Finnish: terroristinen — of or relating to terrorism
• Galician: terrorista — of or relating to terrorism
• German: terroristisch — of or relating to terrorism
• German: terror- — of or relating to terrorism
• Greek: τρομοκρατικός (tromokratikós) — of or relating to terrorism
• Hungarian: terrorista — of or relating to terrorism
• Macedonian: терори́стички (terorístički) — of or relating to terrorism
• Norwegian Bokmål: terroristisk — of or relating to terrorism
• Occitan: terrorista — of or relating to terrorism
• Persian: تروریست — of or relating to terrorism
• Polish: terrorystyczny — of or relating to terrorism
• Portuguese: terrorista — of or relating to terrorism
• Romanian: terorist — of or relating to terrorism
• Russian: террористи́ческий (terroristíčeskij) — of or relating to terrorism
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannairceach — of or relating to terrorism
• Serbo-Croatian: терорѝстичкӣ — of or relating to terrorism
• Serbo-Croatian: terorìstičkī — of or relating to terrorism
• Slovak: teroristický — of or relating to terrorism
• Slovene: terorističen — of or relating to terrorism
• Spanish: terrorista — of or relating to terrorism
• Swahili: ugaidi — of or relating to terrorism
• Swedish: terroristisk — of or relating to terrorism
• Ukrainian: терористи́чний (terorystýčnyj) — of or relating to terrorism
• Vietnamese: khủng bố — of or relating to terrorism
• Volapük: jekälimik — of or relating to terrorism
• Afrikaans: terroriste — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Albanian: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Albanian: terroriste — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Amharic: አሸባሪ (ʾäšäbari) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Arabic: إِرْهَابِيّ (ʔirhābiyy) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Arabic: إِرْهَابِيَّة (ʔirhābiyya) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Armenian: ահաբեկիչ (ahabekičʻ) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Armenian: տեռորիստ (teṙorist) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Asturian: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Azerbaijani: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Azerbaijani: terrorçu — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Basque: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Belarusian: тэрары́ст (terarýst) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Belarusian: тэрары́стка (terarýstka) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Bengali: সন্ত্রাসবাদী (śontrasbadi) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Bulgarian: терори́ст (teroríst) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Bulgarian: терори́стка (terorístka) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Burmese: အကြမ်းဖက်သမား (a.kram:hpaksa.ma:) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Catalan: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Cebuano: terorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Chamba Daka: omutugi — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Chichewa: zigawenga — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖分子 (kǒngbùfènzǐ) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖份子 (kǒngbùfènzi) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖主義者 /恐怖主义者 (kǒngbùzhǔyìzhě) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Cornish: broweghyas — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Cornish: broweghyades — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Corsican: tirrurista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Czech: terorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Czech: teroristka — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Danish: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Dutch: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Dutch: terroriste — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Dutch: terreurpleger — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Dutch: terreurpleegster — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Esperanto: teroristo — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Estonian: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Finnish: terroristi — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• French: terroriste — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Galician: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Georgian: ტერორისტი (ṭerorisṭi) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• German: Terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• German: Terroristin — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Greek: τρομοκράτης (tromokrátis) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Greek: τρομοκράτισσα (tromokrátissa) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Gujarati: આતંકી (ātaṅkī) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Haitian Creole: teroris — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Hebrew: טֶרוֹרִיסְט (teroríst) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Hebrew: מְחַבֵּל (m'khabél) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Hindi: आतंकवादी (ātaṅkvādī) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Hindi: दहशतनाक (dahśatnāk) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Central Huishui Hmong: neeg ua phem — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Hungarian: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Icelandic: hryðjuverkamaður — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Igbo: na-eyi ọha egwu — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Indonesian: teroris — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Indonesian: penggentar — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Irish: sceimhlitheoir — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Italian: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Japanese: テロリスト (terorisuto) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Japanese: テロ (tero) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Javanese: teroris — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Kannada: ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ (bhayōtpādaka) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Kazakh: лаңкес (lañkes) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Kazakh: терроршы (terrorşy) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Khmer: ភេរវជន (pheirĕəʼvĕəʼcŭən) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Korean: 테러리스트 (tereoriseuteu) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Korean: 테로분자 (terobunja) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Korean: 테러범 (tereobeom) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Northern Kurdish: terorîst — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Northern Kurdish: irhabî — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Kyrgyz: террорист (terrorist) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Kyrgyz: террорчу (terrorcu) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Lao: ຜູ້ກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ (phū kǭ kān hāi) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Latin: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Latvian: terorists — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Latvian: teroriste — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Lithuanian: teroristas — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Lithuanian: teroristė — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Macedonian: терори́ст (teroríst) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Macedonian: терори́стка (terorístka) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Malagasy: mpampihorohoro — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Malay: pengganas — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Malayalam: ഭീകരൻ (bhīkaraṉ) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Maltese: terroristiku — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Māori: kaiwhakatuma — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Māori: kaiwhakarekereke — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Marathi: दहशतवादी (dahśatvādī) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Mizo: firfiak — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Mongolian: алан хядагч (alan xjadagč) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Norman: terreuriste — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Norwegian Bokmål: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Occitan: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Pashto: ترهګر (trahgar) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Pashto: تروريست (terorist) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Persian: تِروریسْت (terorist) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Polish: terrorysta — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Polish: terrorystka — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Portuguese: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Punjabi: ਅੱਤਵਾਦੀ (attavādī) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Romanian: terorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Romanian: teroristă — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Rukiga: omutugi — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Russian: террори́ст (terroríst) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Russian: террори́стка (terrorístka) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Samoan: terorisi — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannairceach — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Serbo-Croatian: теро̀риста — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Serbo-Croatian: теро̀рист — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Serbo-Croatian: теро̀ристкиња — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Serbo-Croatian: teròrista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Serbo-Croatian: teròrist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Serbo-Croatian: teròristkinja — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Shona: magandanga — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Sinhalese: ත්රස්තවාදී (trastawādī) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Slovak: terorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Slovak: teroristka — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Slovene: terorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Slovene: teroristka — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Somali: argagaxiso — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Lower Sorbian: terorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Spanish: terrorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Sundanese: teroris — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Swedish: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Tagalog: terorista — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Tajik: террорист (terrorist) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Tajik: террорчӣ (terrorči) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Tamil: தீவிரவாதி (tīviravāti) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Tamil: பயங்கரவாதி (payaṅkaravāti) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Telugu: తీవ్రవాద (tīvravāda) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Thai: ผู้ก่อการร้าย (pûu-gɔ̀ɔ-gaan-ráai) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Turkish: terörist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Turkish: yıldırıcı — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Turkmen: terrorçy — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Ukrainian: терори́ст (terorýst) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Ukrainian: терори́ст (terorýst) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Urdu: دَہْشَت گَرْد (dahśat gard) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Urdu: دَہْشَت پَسَنْد (dahśat pasand) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Urdu: آتَنْکوادی (ātankvādī) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Urdu: تَخْوِیف پَسَنْد (taxvīf pasand) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Uyghur: تېررورچى (tërrorchi) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Uzbek: terrorist — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Uzbek: jangari — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Uzbek: terrorchi — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Vietnamese: người khủng bố — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Vietnamese: tên khủng bố — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Vietnamese: kẻ khủng bố — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Volapük: jekikodan — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Volapük: hijekikodan — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Volapük: jijekikodan — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Volapük: jeikareigan — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Welsh: terfysgwr — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Welsh: brawychwr — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Yiddish: טעראָריסט (terorist) — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Yoruba: apanilaya — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle
• Zulu: amaphekula — person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle