-phobia

See also: phobia

English

 Phobia (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /-ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /-ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
• Hyphenation: -phob‧ia
• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Suffix

-phobia

1. Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.

   e.g. claustrophobia

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

   e.g. homophobia, xenophobia, chemophobia

Antonyms

• -philia

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phobia

• See Category:en:Phobias.
• phobia

Related terms

• -phobe
• -phobic

Translations

used to form nouns meaning fear

Afrikaans: -fobie Albanian: -fobi f Armenian: -ֆոբիա (-fobia) Asturian: -fobia f Azerbaijani: -fobiya Basque: -fobia Belarusian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija) Bulgarian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija) Catalan: -fòbia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: -恐懼症／-恐惧症 (zh) (-kǒngjùzhèng), 反- (zh) (fǎn-) Corsican: -fobia f Czech: -fobie f Danish: -fobi (da) c Dutch: -fobie (nl) f, -vrees Esperanto: -fobio Estonian: -foobia Finnish: -fobia French: -phobie (fr) f Galician: -fobia f Georgian: -ფობია (-pobia) German: -phobie (de) f Greek: -φοβία (el) f (-fovía) Hungarian: -fóbia (hu), -iszony (hu) Ido: -fobio Irish: -fóibe f Italian: -fobia (it) f Japanese: -恐怖症 (ja) (-きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō), 反- (ja) (はん-, han-), -フォビア (fobia) Korean: 공포증(恐怖症) (ko) (gongpojeung), 포비아 (pobia) Latvian: -fobija f Lithuanian: -fobija f Macedonian: -фобија (-fobija) Malay: -fobia (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: -fobi m Nynorsk: -fobi m Persian: ـهراسی (-harâsi) Polish: -fobia (pl) Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f Romanian: -fobie f Cyrillic: -фобие f (-fobie) Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: -фо̀бија f Roman: -fòbija f Slovak: -fóbia f Slovene: -fobija f Spanish: -fobia (es) f Swedish: -fobi c Turkish: -fobi (tr) Ukrainian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija)

used to form nouns meaning hate

Afrikaans: -fobie Albanian: -fobi f Armenian: -ֆոբիա (-fobia) Asturian: -fobia f Azerbaijani: -fobiya Basque: -fobia Belarusian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija) Bulgarian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija) Catalan: -fòbia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 反- (zh) (fǎn-), 仇- (zh) (chóu-) Corsican: -fobia f Czech: -fobie f Danish: -fobi (da) Dutch: -fobie (nl) f, -haat Esperanto: -fobio Estonian: -foobia Finnish: -fobia French: -phobie (fr) f Galician: -fobia f Georgian: -ფობია (-pobia) German: -phobie (de) f, -hass (de) m, -feindlichkeit f Greek: -φοβία (el) f (-fovía) Hungarian: -fóbia, -ellenesség Ido: -fobio Indonesian: -fobia Irish: -fóibe f Italian: -fobia (it) Japanese: -恐怖症 (ja) (-きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō), -嫌悪 (ja) (-けんお, -ken'o), -嫌い (ja) (-きらい, -kirai), -フォビア (fobia) Korean: 공포증(恐怖症) (ko) (gongpojeung), 혐오증(嫌惡症) (hyeomojeung), 포비아 (pobia) Latvian: -fobija f Lithuanian: -fobija f Macedonian: -фобија (-fobija) Malay: -fobia (ms) Mongolian: -фоби (-fobi) Norwegian: Bokmål: -fobi m Nynorsk: -fobi m Polish: -fobia (pl) Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f Romanian: -fobie f Cyrillic: -фобие f (-fobie) Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: -фо̀бија f Roman: -fòbija f Slovak: -fóbia f Slovene: -fobija f Spanish: -fobia (es) f Swedish: -fobi c Turkish: -fobi (tr) Ukrainian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija)

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Translations to be checked

Macedonian: (please verify) -фобија (-fobija) Mongolian: -фоби (-fobi) Norwegian: (please verify) -fobi Italian: -fobia (it) Malay: -fobia (ms) Polish: -fobia (pl) Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija) Swedish: -fobi c

See also

• aversion
• fear
• hatred
• horror
• terror
• Appendix:English unattested phobias