Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dendrophobia

/ˌdɛndɹəˈfəʊbɪə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: den-dropho-bia
IPA: /ˌdɛndɹəˈfəʊbɪə/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morbid fear of trees.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Related to dendrophobia but less well known are hylophobia (fear of forests), nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night) and xylophobia (fear of wooden objects)."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dóruredup. Proto-Indo-European *der-drew-om? Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English dendrophobia From dendro- + -phobia.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌdɛndɹəˈfəʊbɪə/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

dendrophobias (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce dendrophobia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɛndɹəˈfəʊbɪə/.
What does dendrophobia mean?: A morbid fear of trees.
Where does dendrophobia come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dóruredup. Proto-Indo-European *der-drew-om? Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English dendrophobia From dendro- + -phobia.

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