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arachnophobia

arachnophobia

English

Alternative forms

arachnephobia

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

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