Dictionary

frisson en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɹiˈsoʊn/ (US)
• /fɹiˈsɒ̃/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɹiː.sɔ̃ː/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French frisson.

Meanings

1. A sudden surge of excitement.
   • I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category.
   • As a perversion of freedom it was, like any perversion, erotic; as alienation it carried the frisson of having just missed the brass ring, a sensation that always brought one back for more. 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:
2. A shiver; a thrill.
   • All the Crichton books depend to a certain extent on a little frisson of fear and suspense: that’s what kept you turning the pages. 2008 November 5, Charles McGrath, “Builder of Windup Realms That Thrillingly Run Amok”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • Whenever the villain's theme played in the movie I felt a sudden frisson down my back.

Forms

Translations (23)

es tiriton (a sudden surge of excitement) · fi väristys (a shiver) · hu borzongás (a sudden surge of excitement) · hu hidegrázás (a shiver) · de Zittern (a shiver) · de Schauder (a shiver) · es escalofrío (a shiver) · fi väristys (a sudden surge of excitement) · nb gys (a sudden surge of excitement) · pl dreszcz (a sudden surge of excitement) · hi सिहरन (a shiver) · de Nervenkitzel (a sudden surge of excitement) · ru дрожь (a shiver) · nb gys (a shiver) · pl dreszcz (a shiver) · it brivido (a shiver) · nb sitring (a sudden surge of excitement) · nb dirring (a shiver) · de Schauer (a shiver) · de Anwandlung (a sudden surge of excitement) · nb sitring (a shiver) · it fremito (a sudden surge of excitement) · de Erregung (a sudden surge of excitement)