terrible
French
adj
Definitions
- (all senses) terrible
- (colloquial) great, excellent
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terribilis (frightful).
Origin
Latin
terribilis
Gloss
frightful
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- terrible English
- terreō Latin
- terribilis Latin
- terriblement French
- terrible Spanish, Castilian
- terrível Portuguese