-phobia

See also: phobia

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía) (see ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía, “fear of water”)), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-phobia

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

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

Catalan: -fòbia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: -恐懼症／-恐惧症 (zh) (-kǒngjùzhèng), 反- (zh) (fǎn-)
Danish: -fobi (da)
Dutch: -fobie (nl), -vrees
Finnish: -fobia
French: -phobie (fr) f
Galician: -fobia f
Georgian: -ფობია (-pobia)
German: -phobie (de) f
Hungarian: -fóbia (hu), -iszony (hu)
Italian: -fobia (it) f
Japanese: -恐怖症 (-きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō), 反- (ja) (はん-, han-)
Malay: -fobia (ms)
Persian: هراسی‎ (-harâsi)
Polish: -fobia (pl)
Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f
Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
Spanish: -fobia (es) f
Swedish: -fobi c
Turkish: -fobi (tr)
Ukrainian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija)

used to form nouns meaning hate

Danish: -fobi (da)
Dutch: -fobie (nl), -haat
Finnish: -fobia
Georgian: -ფობია (-pobia)
Hungarian: -fóbia, -ellenesség
Italian: -fobia (it)
Malay: -fobia (ms)
Polish: -fobia (pl)
Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
Swedish: -fobi c
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

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