frisson

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʁi.sɔ̃/

Etymology

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

Concepts

shudder

shiver

quiver

thrill

vibration

quivering

chill

tremor

trembling

throb

tingle

shivering

thrill of pleasure

ague

malaria

chills

cold

🥶

cold air

coldness

frisson

palpitation

shakes

shakiness

shaking

🫨

shuddering

wince

Synonyms

tremblement

frémissement

carquois

vibration

paludisme

frissonner

frissonement

crispation

frissonnement

sensation de froid

malaria

Translations

brivido

calafrio

escalofrío

rilling

temblor

tremor

trilling

fremito

arrepio

beving

titreme

ρίγος

dreszcz

Schauder

estremiment