cauchemar

Significado (Inglés)

nightmare

Oposto a

rêve

Sinónimos

mauvais rêve

incube

bête noire

terreurs nocturnes

Traducións

nightmare

incubo

pesadilla

Albtraum

pesadelo

Alptraum

nachtmerrie

malson

εφιάλτης

Alpdruck

Nachtmahr

incubus

kâbus

karabasan

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/kɔʃ.maʁ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle French: cauchemare

Herdado de Old French: cauquemare

Relativo a valón: tchôcmwår

Relativo a inglés: 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.

Frases

Toutefois , le jour attendu se transforme en cauchemar .

However, the expected day turns into a nightmare.