temor

See also: temôr and tèmor

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin timōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈmor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈmo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈmoɾ]
• 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “temor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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

• “temor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “temor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “temor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “temor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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• temôr (superseded)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]
  • (Southern Brazil) 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 Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin timōrem, whence English timorous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈmoɾ/ [t̪eˈmoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: te‧mor

Noun

temor m (plural temores)

1. fear

   Synonym: miedo

2. awe
3. dread, apprehension, trepidation

   Synonym: pavor

Derived terms

• atemorizar

 

Related terms

• temer
• temeroso
• temible

 

Further reading

• “temor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• metro
• termo
• Torme
• tremo