aviophobia

English

Etymology

Possibly from French avion (“airplane”) +‎ -phobia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

aviophobia (uncountable)

1. Fear of flying.

   I'd love to come and visit you but aviophobia means that it'd have to be by boat, and that just takes too long!

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:aviophobia.

Synonyms

• aerophobia

Translations

fear of flying — see also aerophobia

• Finnish: lentopelko
• French: aviophobie (fr) f
• Italian: aviofobia (it) f