temor

See also: temôr, tèmor, and tėmor

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin timōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈmor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈmo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈmoɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

temor m or (archaic, popular or poetic) f (plural temors)

1. fear

   Synonym: por

Related terms

• témer

Further reading

• “temor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “temor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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-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)

1. fear

   Synonym: medo

Derived terms

• atemorar
• atemorizar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “temor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “temor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “temor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “temor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Kangean

Etymology

Derived from Old Javanese timur (“east”). Cognates to Javanese timur (ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ, “east”), Madurese tèmor (ꦠꦺꦩꦺꦴꦂ, “east”) and Buginese timoreng ([Term?], “east”).

Noun

temor

1. alternative spelling of tėmor (“east”)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• temôr (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese temor, from Latin timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“to fear”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teˈmoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /teˈmoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈmoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈmoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈmo.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: te‧mor

Noun

temor m (plural temores)

1. (uncountable) fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

   Synonyms: medo, pavor, receio, terror

   Antonyms: arrojo, coragem, destemor, ousadia, valentia, audácia, bravura

2. fear (sense of fear induced by something or someone)

   Synonyms: fobia, medo

3. (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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “temor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin timōrem, whence English timorous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈmoɾ/ [t̪eˈmoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: te‧mor

Noun

temor m (plural temores)

1. fear; dread

   Synonyms: miedo, pavor

2. awe

   Synonym: terror

3. apprehension

   Synonym: aprensión

4. trepidation

   Synonym: trepidación

Derived terms

• atemorizar

Related terms

• temer
• temeroso
• temible

Further reading

• “temor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• metro
• termo
• Torme
• tremo