Etymology
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From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.
Pronunciation
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claustrophobia (usually uncountable, plural claustrophobias)
- The fear of closed, tight places.
Derived terms
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Translations
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fear of closed, tight places
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Azerbaijani: klaustrofobiya
- Belarusian: клаўстрафобія f (klaŭstrafóbija)
- Breton: klostrofobiezh m
- Catalan: claustrofòbia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 幽閉恐懼症/幽闭恐惧症 (zh) (yōubì kǒngjùzhèng)
- Czech: klaustrofobie (cs) f
- Danish: klaustrofobi
- Dutch: claustrofobie (nl), engtevrees (nl) f
- Esperanto: klaŭstrofobio, klostrofobio
- Estonian: klaustrofoobia (et)
- Finnish: klaustrofobia (fi), ahtaanpaikankammo (fi)
- French: claustrophobie (fr) f
- Galician: claustrofobia f
- Georgian: კლაუსტროფობია (ka) (ḳlausṭropobia)
- German: Platzangst (de) f, Klaustrophobie (de) f, Raumangst (de) f
- Greek: κλειστοφοβία (el) f (kleistofovía)
- Hebrew: קלאוסטרופוביה (he)
- Hungarian: klausztrofóbia (hu)
- Irish: clástrafóibe (ga) f, uamhan clóis m
- Italian: claustrofobia (it) f
- Japanese: 閉所恐怖症 (ja) (へいしょきょうふしょう, heisho-kyōfushō)
- Kazakh: жабық бөлмеден қорқу (jabyq bölmeden qorqu)
- Korean: 폐소공포증 (pyesogongpojeung), 폐쇄공포증 (pyeswaegongpojeung)
- Macedonian: клаустрофо́бија f (klaustrofóbija)
- Manx: feoh chionney
- Maori: mae apiapi
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: давчуу орчноос айх (davčuu orčnoos ajx), давчуу орчноос эмээх (davčuu orčnoos emeex)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: klaustrofobi (no) m
- Nynorsk: klaustrofobi m
- Persian: تنگناهراسی (fa)
- Polish: klaustrofobia (pl) f
- Portuguese: claustrofobia (pt) f
- Romanian: claustrofobie (ro) f
- Russian: клаустрофо́бия (ru) f (klaustrofóbija)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: клаустрофобија f
- Roman: klaustrofobija (sh) f
- Spanish: claustrofobia (es) f
- Swedish: klaustrofobi (sv) c, cellskräck (sv) c
- Turkish: klostrofobi (tr)
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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