claustrophobe

English

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɒs.tɹəˌfəʊb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔstɹəˌfoʊb/

Noun

claustrophobe (plural claustrophobes)

1. One who suffers from claustrophobia.
   • 1998, Jim Mortimore, chapter 3, in Beltempest, page 73:

     She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people.

Translations

one who suffers from claustrophobia

• French: claustrophobe (fr) m or f
• Galician: claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica f, claustrófobo m, claustrófoba f
• Georgian: კლაუსტროფობი (ḳlausṭropobi)
• Italian: claustrófobo m, claustrófoba f, claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica f
• Macedonian: клаустрофо́б m (klaustrofób)
• Portuguese: claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica f, claustrófobo (pt) m, claustrófoba f
• Spanish: claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica (es) f, claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica (es) f

French

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”) + -phobe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

claustrophobe m or f by sense (plural claustrophobes)

1. claustrophobe

Adjective

claustrophobe (plural claustrophobes)

1. claustrophobic

Related terms

• claustrophobie

Further reading

• “claustrophobe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.