cauchemar

Betekenis (Engels)

nightmare

Teenoorgestelde van

rêve

Sinonieme

mauvais rêve

incube

bête noire

terreurs nocturnes

Vertalings

nightmare

incubo

pesadilla

Albtraum

pesadelo

Alptraum

nachtmerrie

malson

εφιάλτης

Alpdruck

Nachtmahr

incubus

kâbus

karabasan

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɔʃ.maʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French: cauchemare

Geërf van Old French: cauquemare

Verwante met Walloon: tchôcmwår

Verwante met Engels: mare

In summary

Inherited from Middle French cauchemare, from Old French cauquemare. By surface analysis, cauque + mar. Compare Walloon tchôcmwår.
* First element from Old French cauche, from the verb chauchier (“to press”), from Latin calcare (“I trample, tread on”), from calx (“heel”), of uncertain origin.
* Second element from Frankish *marā (“evil spirit”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), from *mer- (“to die”); related to the homograph English mare. More at mare.

Sinne

Toutefois , le jour attendu se transforme en cauchemar .

However, the expected day turns into a nightmare.