-phobia

See also: phobia

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-phobia

1. Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.

   e.g. claustrophobia

2. 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 (ja) (-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

See also

• aversion
• fear
• hatred
• horror
• terror
• Appendix:English unattested phobias