Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treiskaidekaphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: treiskaideka-pho-bia
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our own feeling about thirteen, especially when joined with Friday, has added another to the long list of phobias; treiskaidekaphobia, or "fear of the number thirteen" (some of the other phobias are the well-known claustro-, acro-, and agora-, fear of being closed in, of heights, of open spaces, respectively; less known are ailurophobia, "fear of cats," iatrophobia, "fear of doctors," nucleomitotophobia,^([sic]) "fear of atomic bombs," mageiricophobia, "fear of having to cook," and, recalling FDR, phobophobia, "fear of fear itself.")"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka, “thirteen”) + -phobia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: τρεισκαίδεκα

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does treiskaidekaphobia mean?: Alternative form of triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13.
Where does treiskaidekaphobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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