-phobia

See also: phobia

English

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”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /-ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /-ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
Rhymes: -əʊbiə
Hyphenation: -pho‧bia

Suffix

-phobia (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
e.g. claustrophobia, chemophobia
Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing.
e.g. homophobia, xenophobia

Antonyms

-philia

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phobia

See Category:en:Phobias.
phobia

Related terms

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) f
Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f
Romanian: -fobie f
Cyrillic: -фобие f (-fobie)
Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: -фо̀бија f

Latin: -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) f
Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f
Romanian: -fobie f
Cyrillic: -фобие f (-fobie)
Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: -фо̀бија f

Latin: -fòbija f
Slovak: -fóbia f
Slovene: -fobija f
Spanish: -fobia (es) f
Swedish: -fobi c
Turkish: -fobi (tr)
Ukrainian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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