threat

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
2. An indication of potential or imminent danger.
3. A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.

Verb

1. (transitive) To press; urge; compel.
2. (archaic, transitive) To threaten.
3. (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.

Concetti

minaccia

spettro

intimidazione

malaparata

sinonimi

menace

intimidation

danger

❗

threaten

threatening

peril

bluster

scourge

terror

hazard

intimidate

spectre

denunciation

risk

horror

host

order

promise

scarecrow

terrorism

terrorize

troop

vow

warning

⚠️

bad omen

fear

😨

alarm

threat of force

blackmail

bugaboo

coercion

command

commandment

commination

condition

duress

foreshadow

frown

harm

hectoring

hiss

Traduzioni

menace

amenaza

Bedrohung

Drohung

ameaça

amenaça

bedreiging

dreiging

απειλή

dreigement

Einschüchterung

تهديد

φοβέρα

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/θɹɛt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: threte

Ereditato da inglese antico: þrēat

Affine Middle Low German: drōt

Affine tedesco medio alto: drōz

Affine islandese: þraut

Affine russo: труд

Affine polacco: trud

Affine latino: trūdō

Ereditato da inglese medio: threten

Ereditato da inglese antico: þrēatian

In summary

From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þrēat (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”), whence also Middle Low German drōt (“threat, menace, danger”), Middle High German drōz (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), Russian труд (trud, “work, labour”), Polish trud (“hard work”), Latin trūdō (“push”, verb).