Terrific in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “terrific” in Hindi is भय उत्पादक, pronounced shanadar — it is a adjective. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
causing extreme terror
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tres-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti
Proto-Italic *trozeō
Latin terreō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Latin terrificusder.
French terrifiqueder.
English terrific
From French terrifique, and its source, Latin terrificus (“terrifying”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”) + -ficus, related to facere (“to make”). By surface analysis, terrify + -ic.
The sense of excellent or amazing is an ameliorative semantic shift from the original sense of terrifying. Compare similar semantic development in sick and wicked.
Quick facts about “terrific”
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Proto-Indo-European *tres-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti
Proto-Italic *trozeō
Latin terreō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Latin terrificusder.
French terrifiqueder.
English terrific
From French terrifique, and its source, Latin terrificus (“terrifying”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”) + -ficus, related to facere (“to make”). By surface analysis, terrify + -ic.
The sense of excellent or amazing is an ameliorative semantic shift from the original sense of terrifying. Compare similar semantic development in sick and wicked.
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