Polyglot Dictionary

terrible

/tɛʁibl/

adjective A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Negative

Meaning

  1. terrible, awful

    • Le temps était terrible ce jour-là.

      The weather was terrible that day.

Similar words

horrible

Terrible and horrible both intensify something as very bad, largely interchangeable in everyday speech.

Practice

1 What does terrible mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le temps était ___ ce jour-là.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches terrible?

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