-phobe
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- One that fears or is averse to a specified thing:
表示“恐惧或厌恶某一特定事物的人”：
ailurophobe.
厌恶猫的人
语源
- French
法语 - from Latin -phobus
源自 拉丁语 -phobus - from Greek -phobos [fearing]
源自 希腊语 -phobos [恐惧] - from phobos [fear] * see bheg w-
源自 phobos [害怕] *参见 bheg w-
-phobe
combining form in countable noun
indicating a person or thing that fears or hates
⇒
Germanophobe
⇒
xenophobe
Derived Forms
-phobic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek -phobos fearing-phobe
Word Origin
1
a combining form used to form personal nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phobia:
Anglophobe.
Also, -phobiac.
Origin
< Greek -phobos, adj. derivative of phóbos fear, panic
Related Words
- -phobia
- -phobic
- ailurophobe
- Anglophobe
- bibliophobe
- calciphobe
-phobea word element forming a noun termination meaning 'someone who fears or dreads', and often implying aversion or hatred, as in Anglophobe, Russophobe.
[French, from Latin -phobus fearing, from Greek -phobos]-phobe
noun combining form
Francophobe
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY Greek -phobos fearing
: one fearing or averse to (something specified)Francophobe
-phobe
combining form
- denoting a person having a fear or dislike of what is specified表示“恐惧…的人”, “憎恶…的人”：
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homophobe
xenophobe.
词源
from French, via Latin -phobus from Greek -phobos 'fearing', from phobos 'fear'.
-phobe
word-forming element meaning "one who fears or hates," from French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Greek -phobos "fearing," from phobos "fear, panic, flight," phobein "put to flight, frighten" (see phobia).
ORIGIN: French from Latin -phobus from Greek -phobos fearing, adjective ending from phobos fear.
-phobe
combining form. a person who has fear, aversion, or hatred toward _____: Anglophobe = a person who fears or hates England or the English.
[< French -phobe, learned borrowing from Latin -phobus < Greek -phóbos fearing < phóbos panic, fear]
-phobe
noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: Greek -phobos -fearing, from phobos fear, flight
: one having a (specified) phobia
< Anglophobe >
< chromophobe >
< heliophobe >
< photophobe >
< Anglophobe >
< chromophobe >
< heliophobe >
< photophobe >
-phobe
Suffix
- Used to form nouns denoting a person having a fear of a specific thing. 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
- Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.
- claustrophobe
- Used to form nouns denoting a person who hates or despises a type of person.
- homophobe
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -phobe