arachnophobia

English

Alternative forms

arachnephobia

Etymology

From arachno- +‎ -phobia, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Pronunciation

enPR: a-rach*no-pho*bi-a
IPA^(key): /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

arachnophobia (usually uncountable, plural arachnophobias)

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

Synonyms

spider-fear

Derived terms

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)
Polish: arachnofobia (pl) f
Portuguese: aracnofobia (pt) f
Russian: арахнофо́бия (ru) f (araxnofóbija)
Spanish: aracnofobia (es) f
Swedish: arachnofobi c, spindelfobi c
Tagalog: takot-gagamba
Turkish: araknofobi (tr)

See also

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