claustrophobia

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
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• General-American: /ˌklɔː.strəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
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• General-American: /ˌklɑs.trəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
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• rhymes with -əʊbiə
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• CMU ARPABET: K L AO2 S T R AH0 F OW1 B IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: klaustrofobiya — fear of closed, tight places
• Belarusian: клаўстрафобія (klawstrafóbija) — fear of closed, tight places
• Breton: klostrofobiezh — fear of closed, tight places
• Catalan: claustrofòbia — fear of closed, tight places
• Chinese Mandarin: 幽閉恐懼症 /幽闭恐惧症 (yōubì kǒngjùzhèng) — fear of closed, tight places
• Czech: klaustrofobie — fear of closed, tight places
• Danish: klaustrofobi — fear of closed, tight places
• Dutch: claustrofobie — fear of closed, tight places
• Dutch: engtevrees — fear of closed, tight places
• Esperanto: klaŭstrofobio — fear of closed, tight places
• Esperanto: klostrofobio — fear of closed, tight places
• Estonian: klaustrofoobia — fear of closed, tight places
• Finnish: klaustrofobia — fear of closed, tight places
• Finnish: ahtaanpaikankammo — fear of closed, tight places
• French: claustrophobie — fear of closed, tight places
• Galician: claustrofobia — fear of closed, tight places
• Georgian: კლაუსტროფობია (ḳlausṭropobia) — fear of closed, tight places
• German: Platzangst — fear of closed, tight places
• German: Klaustrophobie — fear of closed, tight places
• German: Raumangst — fear of closed, tight places
• Greek: κλειστοφοβία (kleistofovía) — fear of closed, tight places
• Hebrew: קלאוסטרופוביה — fear of closed, tight places
• Hungarian: klausztrofóbia — fear of closed, tight places
• Irish: clástrafóibe — fear of closed, tight places
• Irish: uamhan clóis — fear of closed, tight places
• Italian: claustrofobia — fear of closed, tight places
• Japanese: 閉所恐怖症 (heisho kyōfushō) — fear of closed, tight places
• Kazakh: жабық бөлмеден қорқу (jabyq bölmeden qorqu) — fear of closed, tight places
• Korean: 폐소공포증 (pyesogongpojeung) — fear of closed, tight places
• Korean: 폐쇄공포증 (pyeswaegongpojeung) — fear of closed, tight places
• Korean: 폐실공포증 (pyesilgongpojeung) — fear of closed, tight places
• Korean: 밀실공포증 (milsilgongpojeung) — fear of closed, tight places
• Macedonian: клаустрофо́бија (klaustrofóbija) — fear of closed, tight places
• Manx: feoh chionney — fear of closed, tight places
• Māori: mae apiapi — fear of closed, tight places
• Mongolian: давчуу орчноос айх (davčuu orčnoos ajx) — fear of closed, tight places
• Mongolian: давчуу орчноос эмээх (davčuu orčnoos emeex) — fear of closed, tight places
• Norwegian Bokmål: klaustrofobi — fear of closed, tight places
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klaustrofobi — fear of closed, tight places
• Persian: تنگناهراسی — fear of closed, tight places
• Polish: klaustrofobia — fear of closed, tight places
• Portuguese: claustrofobia — fear of closed, tight places
• Romanian: claustrofobie — fear of closed, tight places
• Russian: клаустрофо́бия (klaustrofóbija) — fear of closed, tight places
• Serbo-Croatian: клаустрофобија — fear of closed, tight places
• Serbo-Croatian: klaustrofobija — fear of closed, tight places
• Spanish: claustrofobia — fear of closed, tight places
• Swedish: klaustrofobi — fear of closed, tight places
• Swedish: cellskräck — fear of closed, tight places
• Turkish: klostrofobi — fear of closed, tight places