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.
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Synonyms

• (fear of spiders): araneophobia, spiderphobia

Derived terms

• arachnophobe
• arachnophobic
• Iraqnophobia

Translations

an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders

• Arabic: رُهَاب اَلْعَنَاكِب m (ruhāb al-ʕanākib)
• 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: арахнофо́бія f (araxnofóbija)

See also

• arachnid
• spider