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noun, feminine

horreur

/ɔ.ʁœʁ/

noun, feminine/ɔ.ʁœʁ/plural: horreurs

horror (emotion); horror (something horrible); eyesore; horror (genre)

Quelle horreur!How horrible!

Synonyms: terreur

Inherited from Old French horror, borrowed from Latin horror, from the verb horreo (“to shiver”). The feminine gender's origin is unclear.