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annus horribilis

Meaning of "annus horribilis" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANNUS HORRIBILIS

From Latin, modelled on annus mirabilis, first used by Elizabeth II of the year 1992.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ANNUS HORRIBILIS

ˈænʊs hɒˈriːbɪlɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANNUS HORRIBILIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Annus horribilis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANNUS HORRIBILIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Annus horribilis

Annus horribilis is a Latin phrase, meaning “horrible year”. It is complementary to annus mirabilis, which means “wonderful year”; however, annus mirabilis is a traditional term, while annus horribilis is of recent coinage.

Definition of annus horribilis in the English dictionary

The definition of annus horribilis in the dictionary is a terrible year.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANNUS HORRIBILIS

amaryllis · Baylis · bodiless · cilice · digitalis · fontinalis · gracilis · Halys · joyless · merciless · moneyless · neurosyphilis · penniless · physalis · pitiless · remediless · syphilis · Willis

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANNUS HORRIBILIS

annulate · annulated · annulation · annulet · annuli · annullable · annulled · annulling · annulment · annulose · annulus · annum · annunciate · Annunciation · Annunciation Day · Annunciation lily · annunciative · annunciator · annunciatory · annus mirabilis

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANNUS HORRIBILIS

allis · Annapolis · annus mirabilis · arcus senilis · Corpus Juris Civilis · Elis · Ellis · fleur-de-lis · follis · Homo habilis · Indianapolis · lis · Majlis · metropolis · Minneapolis · mirabilis · polis · toga virilis · trellis · Wallis

Synonyms and antonyms of annus horribilis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «annus horribilis» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ANNUS HORRIBILIS

Find out the translation of annus horribilis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of annus horribilis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «annus horribilis» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

annus horribilis
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

annus horribilis
570 millions of speakers
en

English

annus horribilis
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अन्नुस horribilis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المروعة اقتربت
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Annuş horribilis
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

annus horribilis
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বছরের হরতাল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

horribilis annus
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Annus horribilis
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

annus horribilis
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

annus horribilis
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

annus horribilis
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Annus horribilis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

horribilis Annus
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஆண்டு தோற்றங்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वर्षभरात होणारी भयावह
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Annus horribilis
70 millions of speakers
it

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annus horribilis
65 millions of speakers
pl

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annus horribilis
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Annuş horribilis
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

horribilis annus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

annus horribilis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

annus horribilis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

annus horribilis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

annus horribilis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of annus horribilis

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANNUS HORRIBILIS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about annus horribilis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANNUS HORRIBILIS»

Discover the use of annus horribilis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to annus horribilis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Annus Horribilis: Latin for Everyday Life
The adjective alma is the feminine form, agreeing with mater: the phrase's non– existent masculine equivalent thus would bealmuspater. annus horribilis This isan easy one,'a horrible year', famously usedby Queen ElizabethIItodescribe a ...
Mark Walker, 2010
2
Annus Horribilis
With a different comic mishap for each and every day of the year, these hilariously mind-boggling real-life stories are 365 reasons to count yourself lucky.
Sam Jordison, 2007
3
Faux Pas: A No-nonsense Guide to Words and Phrases
Most uses of the word have a slightly ironic tinge to them. ANNUS HORRIBILIS ann-us horree-bilis (Latin) 'horrible year': Thankfully, her annus horribilis - which included checking into the Meadows Institute in Arizona as a result of exhaustion  ...
Philip Gooden, 2009
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Translating Cultures: An Introduction for Translators, ...
With only a few lines available, he decided to make use of the expression “annus horribilis”. As in the previous extracts, this functions as a metaphor: Object: Italian politics Image: annushorribilis First the reader accesses the frames relating to ...
David Katan,, 2014
5
Transforming the Mainline Church: Lessons in Change from ...
Queen Elizabeth II of England declared 1992 the royal family's annus horribilis, their "horrible year." It was in that year that each of the queen's three married children either separated or divorced and the royal residence at Windsor Castle was ...
Robert A. Chesnut, 2000
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Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian ...
Annus Horribilis, Annus Mirabilis, Annus Horribilis By the end of 1971, patience was running thin among board members at Inco. Just as Inco management began to feel a sense of recovery after a terrible year in 1969, it then realized that 1971 ...
Joe Martin, 2009
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From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words ...
2 Mathematics A plane figure consisting of the area between a pair of concentric circles. annus horribilis lanes ho'rrbrlrs/ noun phrase L20 Modern Latin (= horrible year; formed after ANNUS MIRABILIs). A year of disaster or misfortune.
Andrew Delahunty, 2008
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The Queen & Di: The Untold Story
Ingrid Seward reveals for the first time the true relationship between two important women of the 20th century.
Ingrid Seward, 2013
9
From Bourassa to Bourassa: Wilderness to Restoration
25. Annus. Horribilis,. 1990. It was the year Meech died, the year of the Oka Crisis , the year Robert Bourassa was diagnosed with melanoma. It was 1990, his annus horribilis. Within a three-month period, the constitutional accord expired, the ...
L. Ian MacDonald, 2002
10
The Queen and Di: The Untold Story
Nothing in her life had prepared the Queen for the troubles which overwhelmed her family in the years leading up to the denouement of her annus horribilis. She had dealt with bereavements, the suicide threats her sister had made during the ...
Ingrid Seward, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANNUS HORRIBILIS»

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Rolls-Royce shares sink, wiping £1.5bn from value, after another …
... setbacks, including jobs cuts — 2600 of which were announced last November to round off what analysts described as an “annus horribilis”. «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
Rugby: Highlanders complete their comeback
The annus horribilis of two years ago appears, in hindsight, nothing more than an aberration. The Highlanders already possessed players like ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Inside Ben Affleck's Past Romances with Jennifer Lopez and …
The couple officially announced a split a few months later. Affleck later called his year in the media glare as Lopez's fiancé his "annus horribilis. «People Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Kings keep their core players, but there are issues too
The core is intact. After a year to forget — better yet, the Kings' annus horribilis, the horrible year — it's noteworthy that the core pieces remain ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
5
Tougher times yet for dairy farmers
... at Federated Farmers' national conference in Wellington yesterday, Mr Hoggard said the industry had experienced its own ''annus horribilis'' ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
6
Tesco's Irish operation suffers sizeable erosion in bottom line
Admittedly the current rate of decline is not quite as bad as in the previous trading year, Tesco's annus horribilis. Irish revenues fell 5.6 per cent ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
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What is the BBC Trust? Everything you need to know about body …
Then-Culture Secretary Maria Miller sounded a stark final warning in 2013 after what she called an 'annus horribilis' - the phrase the Queen ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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It's time for the Queen and her 426 members of staff to think about …
Oh, it is clearly going to be, in her famous phrase, an annus horribilis for HM. Who will pay for the refurbishment of the Palace? When Windsor ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
9
Petrobras May Be Selling But Is Anyone Buying?
2015 is shaping up to be Petrobras' annus horribilis. Under Operation Lava Jato (Car Wash) over 100 people are under investigation for ... «OilPrice.com, Jun 15»
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The Invisible Woman: Taking on the Vintage Years by Helen …
And now, following an annus horribilis during which her father and several friends died from cancer, she has retreated to the countryside ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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