acrophobia

English

Etymology

From acro- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

acrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural acrophobias)

Fear of heights.

Synonyms

Antonyms

bathophobia

Translations

fear of heights

Bulgarian: страх от височина́ m (strah ot visočiná)
Catalan: acrofòbia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 懼高症 (zh), 惧高症 (zh) (jùgāozhèng), 恐高症 (zh) (kǒnggāozhèng), 畏高症 (wèigāozhèng)
Dutch: hoogtevrees (nl) (informal), acrofobie (formal)
Finnish: korkean paikan kammo
French: acrophobie (fr) f
German: Höhenangst (de) f, Akrophobie (de) f

Hungarian: akrofóbia (hu)
Irish: acrafóibe f
Japanese: 高所恐怖症 (ja) (こうしょきょうふしょう, kōsho kyōfushō)
Norwegian: akrofobi (no) m
Portuguese: acrofobia (pt) f
Russian: боя́знь высоты́ f (bojáznʹ vysotý), акрофо́бия (ru) f (akrofóbija)
Swedish: höjdskräck (sv) c

See also

batophobia

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