triskaidekaphobia

English

WOTD – 13 October 2006

Alternative forms

• treiskaidekaphobia
• triskaidecaphobia

Etymology

From triskaideka- (“thirteen”) +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trĭs'kī-dĕk'ə-fō'bē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɪskaɪdɛkəˈfəʊbi.ə/

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  • Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

triskaidekaphobia (uncountable)

1. Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).

Derived terms

• triskaidekaphobic

Translations

fear or dislike of the number 13

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十三恐懼症／十三恐惧症 (shísān kǒngjùzhèng)

• Dutch: triskaidekafobie (nl), triscaidecafobie
• Esperanto: dektrifobio
• Finnish: numeron kolmetoista pelko
• French: triskaidékaphobie (fr) f
• Georgian: ტრისკაიდეკაფობია (ka) (ṭrisḳaideḳapobia)
• German: Triskaidekaphobie (de) f
• Greek: τρισκαιδεκαφοβία f (triskaidekafovía)
• Italian: triscaidecafobia (it) f
• Japanese: 十三恐怖症 (jūsan kyōfushō)
• Latin: triskaidekaphobia
• Norwegian: triskaidekafobi (no)
• Portuguese: triscaidecafobia (pt) f
• Slovene: triskaidekafobi
• Spanish: triscaidecafobia (es) f

See also

• friggatriskaidekaphobia
• paraskavedekatriaphobia / paraskevidekatriaphobia