frisson

(Anglais)

1. (masculine) a shiver caused by cold or fever
2. (masculine) a shiver or thrill of fright that can be strangely pleasurable, as when reading good horror fiction
3. (masculine) an experience of intense excitement

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fʁi.sɔ̃/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Late Latin *frīctiōnem, from Latin frīgeō (“to be cold”). Unrelated to the Classical Latin frictiō, borrowed as French friction.

Synonymes

tremblement

frémissement

carquois

vibration

paludisme

frissonner

frissonement

crispation

frissonnement

sensation de froid

malaria

Traductions

brivido

shudder

shiver

quiver

escalofrío

thrill

calafrio

tremor

temblor

rilling

chill

vibration

quivering

beving

arrepio