tetraphobia

English

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

tetraphobia (uncountable)

1. Custom of avoiding the number four (4) commonly seen in East Asian countries in which the words for "4" and "death" are paronymous or homophonous.

Translations

fear of the number four

• Estonian: tetrafoobia (et)
• Finnish: tetrafobia (fi)
• French: tétraphobie (fr) f
• Hungarian: tetrafóbia (hu)
• Russian: тетрафо́бия (ru) f (tetrafóbija)
• Turkish: tetrafobi