English Explanatory Dictionary

-phobia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
  2. Used to form nouns meaning hate,dislike, or repression of a specific thing.

Pronunciation

/-ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phobia.wav /-ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

Word forms

-phobia

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Antonyms

-philia

Related words

-phobe -phobic aversion fear hatred horror terror

Derived words

phobia

Translations

Afrikaans: -fobie Albanian: -fobi Armenian: -ֆոբիա Asturian: -fobia Azerbaijani: -fobiya Basque: -fobia Belarusian: -фо́бія Bulgarian: -фо́бия Catalan: -fòbia Chinese Mandarin: -恐懼症 /-恐惧症 Chinese Mandarin: 反- Corsican: -fobia Czech: -fobie Danish: -fobi Dutch: -fobie Dutch: -vrees Esperanto: -fobio Estonian: -foobia Finnish: -fobia French: -phobie Galician: -fobia Georgian: -ფობია German: -phobie Greek: -φοβία Hungarian: -fóbia Hungarian: -iszony Ido: -fobio Irish: -fóibe Italian: -fobia Japanese: -恐怖症 Japanese: 反- Japanese: -フォビア Korean: 공포증 Korean: 포비아 Latvian: -fobija Lithuanian: -fobija Macedonian: -фобија Malay: -fobia Norwegian Bokmål: -fobi Norwegian Nynorsk: -fobi Persian: ـهراسی Polish: -fobia Portuguese: -fobia Romanian: -fobie Romanian: -фобие Russian: -фо́бия Serbo-Croatian: -фо̀бија Serbo-Croatian: -fòbija
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