phobia

See also: -phobia

English

Etymology

c 1790, from words ending in -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊbi.ə/
IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊbɪə/ (UK)
Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

phobia (plural phobias or phobiae or phobiæ)

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.

Hyponyms

See Category:en:Phobias.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phobia

Related terms

-phobe
-phobia
-phobiac
-phobic

Translations

irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety

Afrikaans: fobie
Albanian: fobi ?
Arabic: رُهَاب‎ (ar) m (ruhāb), فوبيا‎‎ f (fūbiyā)
Hijazi Arabic: فوبيا‎ f (fōbya), رهاب‎ m (ruhāb)
Armenian: ֆոբիա (hy) (fobia)
Azerbaijani: fobiya (az)
Belarusian: фо́бія f (fóbija)
Bulgarian: фо́бия (bg) f (fóbija)
Catalan: fòbia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恐懼症／恐惧症 (zh) (kǒngjùzhèng)
Corsican: fubia f, fubìa f
Czech: fobie (cs) f
Danish: fobi c
Dutch: fobie (nl) f
Esperanto: fobio
Estonian: foobia (et)
Finnish: fobia (fi), määräkohteinen pelko
French: phobie (fr) f
Georgian: შიში (šiši), ფობია (ka) (pobia)
German: Phobie (de) f
Greek: φοβία (el) f (fovía)
Hebrew: פוביה‎ (he) f (fóbya)
Hindi: भीति (hi) f (bhīti)
Hungarian: fóbia (hu)
Irish: fóibe f
Italian: fobia (it) f, paura (it) f, timore (it) m
Japanese: 恐怖症 (きょうふしょう, kyōfushō)
Kazakh: фобия (fobiä), қорқу (kk) (qorqu)
Korean: 공포증 (ko) (gongpojeung)
Latin: phobia f
Latvian: fobija f
Lithuanian: fobija f
Macedonian: фо́бија f (fóbija)
Maori: mae, mate mae
Marathi: भीति f (bhīti)
Norwegian: fobi (no) m
Persian: ترس‎ (fa) (tars), هراس‎ (fa) (harâs)
Polish: fobia (pl) f
Portuguese: fobia (pt) f
Romanian: fobie (ro) f
Russian: фо́бия (ru) f (fóbija), боя́знь (ru) f (bojáznʹ)
Sardinian: fobìa f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фо̀бија f
Roman: fòbija (sh) f
Slovak: fóbia (sk) f
Slovene: fobija f
Spanish: fobia (es) f
Swedish: fobi (sv) c, skräck (sv) c
Tagalog: takot
Telugu: భయము (te) (bhayamu)
Turkish: fobi (tr)
Ukrainian: фо́бія f (fóbija)
Welsh: ffobia (cy) m