temor
See also: temôr
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin timor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /təˈmo/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /teˈmoɾ/
- Rhymes: -o(r)
Noun
temor m or f (plural temors)
- fear
- Synonym: por
Related terms
- témer
Further reading
- “temor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “temor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “temor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “temor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese temor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin timor, timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“I fear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [teˈmoɾ]
Noun
temor m (plural temores)
- fear
- Synonym: medo
Derived terms
- atemorar
- atemorizar
References
- “temor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “temor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “temor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “temor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- temôr (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese temor, from Latin timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“to fear”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /teˈmoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈmoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈmoɾ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
- Hyphenation: te‧mor
Noun
temor m (plural temores)
- (uncountable) fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
- Synonyms: medo, pavor, receio, terror
- Antonyms: arrojo, coragem, destemor, ousadia, valentia, audácia, bravura
- fear (sense of fear induced by something or someone)
- Synonyms: fobia, medo
- (chiefly theology) fear (extreme veneration or awe)
- Synonym: temência
Related terms
- temência
- temente
- temer
- temerando
- temerosamente
- temeroso
- temível
- temívelmente
- temorizar
- temoroso
Further reading
- “temor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin timor, timōrem, whence English timorous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈmoɾ/ [t̪eˈmoɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: te‧mor
Noun
temor m (plural temores)
- fear
- Synonym: miedo
- awe
- dread, apprehension, trepidation
- Synonym: pavor
Derived terms
- atemorizar
Related terms
- temer
- temible
- temeroso
Further reading
- “temor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- metro
- termo
- Torme
- tremo