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phobia
English
Phobia<dab!>
Etymology
en :bor la-new:-<ety:from<la:-<ety:der<grc:-φοβία>>>> 1
From en la-new -, from en la -, from en grc -φοβία, from grc φόβος fear.
Pronunciation
en /-ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phobia.wav Southern England
en /-ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ GA
en əʊbiə
en -pho bia
Suffix
-
Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
e.g. en claustrophobia, en chemophobia
Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing.
e.g. en homophobia, en xenophobia
Antonyms
en -philia
Derived terms
en
See :Category:en:Phobias.
en phobia
Related terms
en -phobe
en -phobic
Translations
used to form nouns meaning fear
Afrikaans: af -fobie
Albanian: sq -fobi f
Armenian: hy -ֆոբիա
Asturian: ast -fobia f
Azerbaijani: az -fobiya
Basque: eu -fobia
Belarusian: be -фо́бія f
Bulgarian: bg -фо́бия f
Catalan: ca -fòbia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 恐懼症 -恐懼症 -kǒngjùzhèng, cmn 反 反- fǎn-
Corsican: co -fobia f
Czech: cs -fobie f
Danish: da -fobi c
Dutch: nl -fobie f, nl -vrees
Esperanto: eo -fobio
Estonian: et -foobia
Finnish: fi -fobia
French: fr -phobie f
Galician: gl -fobia f
Georgian: ka -ფობია
German: de -phobie f
Greek: el -φοβία f
Hungarian: hu fóbia -fóbia, hu iszony -iszony
Ido: io -fobio
Irish: ga -fóibe f
Italian: it -fobia f
Japanese: ja 恐怖症 -恐怖症 -きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō, ja 反 反- はん-, han-, ja フォビア -フォビア fobia
Korean: ko 공포증(恐怖症), ko 포비아
Latvian: lv -fobija f
Lithuanian: lt -fobija f
Macedonian: mk -фобија
Malay: ms -fobia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -fobi m
Nynorsk: nn -fobi m
Persian: fa ـهراسی -harâsi
Polish: pl -fobia f
Portuguese: pt -fobia f
Romanian: ro -fobie f
Cyrillic: ro -фобие f
Russian: ru -фо́бия f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh -фо̀бија f
Latin: sh -fòbija f
Slovak: sk -fóbia f
Slovene: sl -fobija f
Spanish: es -fobia f
Swedish: sv -fobi c
Turkish: tr -fobi
Ukrainian: uk -фо́бія f
used to form nouns meaning hate
Afrikaans: af -fobie
Albanian: sq -fobi f
Armenian: hy -ֆոբիա
Asturian: ast -fobia f
Azerbaijani: az -fobiya
Basque: eu -fobia
Belarusian: be -фо́бія f
Bulgarian: bg -фо́бия f
Catalan: ca -fòbia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 反 反- fǎn-, cmn 仇 仇- chóu-
Corsican: co -fobia f
Czech: cs -fobie f
Danish: da -fobi
Dutch: nl -fobie f, nl -haat
Esperanto: eo -fobio
Estonian: et -foobia
Finnish: fi -fobia
French: fr -phobie f
Galician: gl -fobia f
Georgian: ka -ფობია
German: de -phobie f, de Hass -hass m, de -feindlichkeit f
Greek: el -φοβία f
Hungarian: hu -fóbia, hu -ellenesség
Ido: io -fobio
Indonesian: id -fobia
Irish: ga -fóibe f
Italian: it -fobia
Japanese: ja 恐怖症 -恐怖症 -きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō, ja 嫌悪 -嫌悪 -けんお, -ken'o, ja 嫌い -嫌い -きらい, -kirai, ja フォビア -フォビア fobia
Korean: ko 공포증(恐怖症), ko 혐오증(嫌惡症), ko 포비아
Latvian: lv -fobija f
Lithuanian: lt -fobija f
Macedonian: mk -фобија
Malay: ms -fobia
Mongolian: mn -фоби
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -fobi m
Nynorsk: nn -fobi m
Polish: pl -fobia f
Portuguese: pt -fobia f
Romanian: ro -fobie f
Cyrillic: ro -фобие f
Russian: ru -фо́бия f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh -фо̀бија f
Latin: sh -fòbija f
Slovak: sk -fóbia f
Slovene: sl -fobija f
Spanish: es -fobia f
Swedish: sv -fobi c
Turkish: tr -fobi
Ukrainian: uk -фо́бія f
Italian: it -fobia
Macedonian: mk -фобија
Malay: ms -fobia
Mongolian: mn -фоби
Norwegian: no -fobi
Russian: ru -фо́бия f
Swedish: sv -fobi c
See also
en aversion
en fear
en hatred
en horror
en terror
Appendix:English unattested phobias
en productive suffixes uncountable suffixes