macabre

Etymology
Borrowed from, whose etymology is uncertain. Possibly from the term, most commonly believed to be from corruption of the biblical name ; compare 🇨🇬.

Another theory derives the French term (through ) from, plural of or.

Adjective

 * 1) Representing or personifying death.
 * 2) Obsessed with death or the gruesome.
 * 3) Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
 * 1) Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
 * 1) Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

Translations

 * Basque: makabro
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: makabra
 * Finnish:, kalmankatkuinen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese: macabro
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: macaber
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * French:, , ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Turkish: mevtapesent


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: terura
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , , , , ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: adhfhuafar
 * Korean:, 소름 끼치다
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: makaber
 * Nynorsk: makaber
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:, , , , , ,
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology
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Etymology
From, from , usually said to be from , in reference to a mystery play depicting their slaughter. See.