hydrophobia

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
2. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
3. (countable, uncountable) A lack of affinity for water; the quality of being hydrophobic

Conceptes

hidrofòbia

ràbia

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Oposat a

hydrophilia, hygroscopy

Sinònims

rabies

madness

lyssa

rage

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ragging

rabidness

furiousness

distemper

Traduccions

hidrofobia

hidrofobia

idrofobia

Tollwut

hydrophobie

Wasserscheu

hondsdolheid

waterschuwheid

raiva

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rage

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rabia

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rabbia

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ravia

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: idroforbia

In summary

From Middle English idroforbia (“hydrophobia”), from Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía), from ὑδρο- (hudro-), combining form of ῠ̔́δωρ (hŭ́dōr, “water”), + φοβία (phobía, “phobia”). The word is analysable as hydro- + -phobia.