-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
• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

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, xenophobia, chemophobia

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

• Afrikaans: -fobie
• Albanian: -fobi f
• Armenian: -ֆոբիա (-fobia)
• Asturian: -fobia f
• Azerbaijani: -fobiya
• Basque: -fobia
• Belarusian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija)
• Bulgarian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
• Catalan: -fòbia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -恐懼症／-恐惧症 (zh) (-kǒngjùzhèng), 反- (zh) (fǎn-)

• Corsican: -fobia f
• Czech: -fobie f
• Danish: -fobi (da) c
• Dutch: -fobie (nl) f, -vrees
• Esperanto: -fobio
• Estonian: -foobia
• Finnish: -fobia
• French: -phobie (fr) f
• Galician: -fobia f
• Georgian: -ფობია (-pobia)
• German: -phobie (de) f
• Greek: -φοβία (el) f (-fovía)
• Hungarian: -fóbia (hu), -iszony (hu)
• Ido: -fobio
• Irish: -fóibe f
• Italian: -fobia (it) f
• Japanese: -恐怖症 (ja) (-きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō), 反- (ja) (はん-, han-), -フォビア (fobia)
• Korean: 공포증(恐怖症) (ko) (gongpojeung), 포비아 (pobia)
• Latvian: -fobija f
• Lithuanian: -fobija f
• Macedonian: -фобија (-fobija)
• Malay: -fobia (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -fobi m

  Nynorsk: -fobi m

• Persian: هراسی (-harâsi)
• Polish: -fobia (pl)
• Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f
• Romanian: -fobie f

  Cyrillic: -фобие f (-fobie)

• Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: -фо̀бија f

  Roman: -fòbija f

• Slovak: -fóbia f
• Slovene: -fobija f
• Spanish: -fobia (es) f
• Swedish: -fobi c
• Turkish: -fobi (tr)
• Ukrainian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija)

used to form nouns meaning hate

• Afrikaans: -fobie
• Albanian: -fobi f
• Armenian: -ֆոբիա (-fobia)
• Asturian: -fobia f
• Azerbaijani: -fobiya
• Basque: -fobia
• Belarusian: -фо́бія f (-fóbija)
• Bulgarian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
• Catalan: -fòbia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反- (zh) (fǎn-), 仇- (zh) (chóu-)

• Corsican: -fobia f
• Czech: -fobie f
• Danish: -fobi (da)
• Dutch: -fobie (nl) f, -haat
• Esperanto: -fobio
• Estonian: -foobia
• Finnish: -fobia
• French: -phobie (fr) f
• Galician: -fobia f
• Georgian: -ფობია (-pobia)
• German: -phobie (de) f, -hass (de) m, -feindlichkeit f
• Greek: -φοβία (el) f (-fovía)
• Hungarian: -fóbia, -ellenesség
• Ido: -fobio
• Indonesian: -fobia
• Irish: -fóibe f
• Italian: -fobia (it)
• Japanese: -恐怖症 (ja) (-きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō), -嫌悪 (ja) (-けんお, -ken'o), -嫌い (ja) (-きらい, -kirai), -フォビア (fobia)
• Korean: 공포증(恐怖症) (ko) (gongpojeung), 혐오증(嫌惡症) (hyeomojeung), 포비아 (pobia)
• Latvian: -fobija f
• Lithuanian: -fobija f
• Macedonian: -фобија (-fobija)
• Malay: -fobia (ms)
• Mongolian: -фоби (-fobi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -fobi m

  Nynorsk: -fobi m

• Polish: -fobia (pl)
• Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f
• Romanian: -fobie f

  Cyrillic: -фобие f (-fobie)

• Russian: -фо́бия f (-fóbija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: -фо̀бија f

  Roman: -fòbija f

• Slovak: -fóbia f
• Slovene: -fobija f
• Spanish: -fobia (es) f
• Swedish: -fobi c
• Turkish: -fobi (tr)
• 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)
• Mongolian: -фоби (-fobi)
• 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