arachnophobia

English

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Alternative forms

• arachnephobia

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀράχνη ‎(arákhnē, “spider”) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

arachnophobia ‎(usually uncountable, plural arachnophobias)

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

Synonyms

• spider-fear

Translations

an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders

• Arabic: رُهَاب اَلْعَنَاكِب m ‎(ruhāb al-ʿanākib)
• Catalan: aracnofòbia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蜘蛛恐懼症, 蜘蛛恐惧症 ‎(zhīzhū kǒngjùzhèng)

• Czech: arachnofobie 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)
• Portuguese: aracnofobia (pt) f
• Russian: арахнофо́бия (ru) f ‎(araxnofóbija)
• Swedish: arachnofobi c, spindelfobi c
• Tagalog: takot-gagamba
• Turkish: araknofobi (tr)

Derived terms

• arachnophobe
• arachnophobic

See also

• arachnid
• spider