English Explanatory Dictionary

-phobe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form nouns denoting a person having a fear of a specific thing.
  2. Used to form nouns denoting a person who hates or dislikes a type of person, thing, etc.

Pronunciation

/-foʊb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--phobe.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--phobe.wav

Word forms

-phobe -phobes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)der. French -phobeder. English -phobe From French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Attic Greek -φόβος (-phóbos), combining form of φόβος (phóbos), ablaut variant of φέβεσθαι (phébesthai), middle infinitive of φέβομαι (phébomai), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ. Cognates include Russian бегать (begatʹ, “run, flee”), Slovak bežať (“run”), Polish biec (“run”), Lithuanian bėgti (“run”), Albanian dëboj (“throw out, drive away, expel, banish”). Compare German -phob.

Synonyms

-phobiac -phobic

Antonyms

-philiac -phile

Related words

-phobia -phobic List of phobias

Derived words

phobe

Translations

Bulgarian: -фоб Catalan: -fob Danish: -fob Georgian: -ფობი German: -fob Hungarian: -fób Hungarian: -ellenes Hungarian: -gyűlölő Italian: -fobo Macedonian: -фоб Polish: -fob Slovak: -fób Slovak: -fóbka Spanish: -fobo Swedish: -fob
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