arachnophobia

arachnophobia

English

Alternative forms

• arachnephobia
• arachniphobia

Etymology

From arachno- +‎ -phobia, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: a-rach*no-pho*bi-a
• IPA^(key): /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

arachnophobia (usually uncountable, plural arachnophobias)

1. An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids (especially spiders).

Synonyms

• (fear of spiders): araneophobia, spider-fear, spiderphobia

Derived terms

• arachnophobe
• arachnophobic

Translations

an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders

Arabic: رُهَاب اَلْعَنَاكِب‎ m (ruhāb al-ʿanākib) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: арахнафобія f (araxnafóbija) Catalan: aracnofòbia f Chinese: Mandarin: 蜘蛛恐懼症／蜘蛛恐惧症 (zhīzhū kǒngjùzhèng) Czech: arachnofobie f Dutch: arachnofobie (nl) f, spinnenfobie f, spinnenangst (nl) m, spinnenvrees f Esperanto: araneofobio Estonian: arahnofoobia (et) Finnish: hämähäkkikammo, araknofobia (fi) French: arachnophobie (fr) German: Arachnophobie (de) f, Spinnenangst f Greek: αραχνοφοβία (el) f (arachnofovía) Hawaiian: kipona makaʻu nananana Hebrew: אָרַכְנוֹפוֹבְּיָה‎ (he) f (arakhnofóbya) Hungarian: arachnofóbia (hu) Icelandic: köngullóafælni f Irish: aracnafóibe f, uamhan damhán alla m Italian: aracnofobia (it) f Japanese: 蜘蛛恐怖症 (くもきょうふしょう, kumo-kyōfushō) Polish: arachnofobia (pl) f Portuguese: aracnofobia (pt) f Romanian: arahnofobie f Russian: арахнофо́бия (ru) f (araxnofóbija) Spanish: aracnofobia (es) f Swedish: arachnofobi c, spindelfobi c Tagalog: takot-gagamba Turkish: araknofobi (tr) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• arachnid
• spider