hydrophobia

English

Etymology

From Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hydrophobia).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌhʌɪdɹəˈfəʊbɪə/
• (US) IPA: /ˌhaɪdɻəˈfoʊbɪə/, X-SAMPA: /%haIdr@"foUbi@/
• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

hydrophobia (plural hydrophobias)

1. (pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; rabies itself.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:

     Cato, who scorned both death and fortune, could not abide the sight of a looking glasse or of water; overcome with horrour, and quelled with amazement, if by the contagion of a mad dog he had fallen into that sicknesse which physitians call hydrophobia, or feare of waters.

2. Fear of water (colloquial, fear of water is technically called aquaphobia, so not to be confused with rabies).

Translations

(pathology) rabies

• Danish: rabies (da), hundegalskab (da)
• Dutch: hondsdolheid (nl)
• Esperanto: hidrofobio (eo)
• Finnish: vesikauhu (fi), hydrofobia (fi)

• German: Tollwut (de) f
• Hungarian: veszettség (hu)
• Irish: hidreafóibe (ga) f
• Malay: hidrofobia (ms), penyakit anjing gila (ms)
• Portuguese: ravia (pt) f

fear of water

• Danish: hydrofobi (da)
• Esperanto: akvofobio (eo)
• Finnish: veden pelko
• German: Wasserscheu f

• Hungarian: hidrofóbia (hu), víziszony (hu)
• Malay: hidrofobia (ms)
• Portuguese: hidrofobia (pt) f
• Spanish: hidrofobia (es)
• Swedish: hydrofobi (sv)

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• Hebrew: כלבת (he) (kalevet)

• Telugu: నీటిభయం, జలగండం

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hydrophobia).

Noun

hydrophobia (genitive hydrophobiae); f, first declension

1. hydrophobia

Related terms

• hydrophobicus
• hydrophobus