Fear

English

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Etymology

Old English fǣr (“‘peril, danger’”) (noun), fǣran (“‘to frighten’”) (verb).

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /fiə/, SAMPA: /fi@/
• (UK) IPA: /fɪə/, SAMPA: /fI@/
• (US) IPA: /fɪr/, SAMPA: /fir/

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  Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Noun

Singular Fear

Plural s

Fear (s)

1. (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

   He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.

2. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.

   Not everybody has the same fears.

   I have a fear of ants.

3. (uncountable) Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.

Synonyms

• (uncountable: unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger): dread, terror, fright
• (countable: sense of fear induced by something or someone): dread, phobia, scare, anxiety, apprehension
• (extreme veneration): awe, reverence, veneration
• See also Wikisaurus:fear

Derived terms

• affear
• fearful
• fearless
• fearmonger
• fearnaught
• fearsome

Translations

uncountable: emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat

Arabic: خوف ar(ar) (khawf) m. Armenian: վախ hy(hy) (vax), երկյուղ hy(hy) (erkyuġ), ահ hy(hy) (ah) Bosnian: strah bs(bs) m. Breton: aon br(br) Bulgarian: страх bg(bg) m. Catalan: por f., paüra f., basarda f., temor m. Chinese: 恐怖 cmn(cmn) (kǒngbù) Croatian: strah hr(hr) m. Czech: strach cs(cs) m. Danish: angst da(da), frygt da(da) c. Estonian: hirm et(et), kartus et(et) Filipino: takot Finnish: pelko fi(fi), kammo fi(fi) French: peur fr(fr) f. German: Angst de(de) f., Schreck de(de) m. Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis) Greek: φοβάμαι el(el) (fovámai) Hebrew: אימה (eimah) f. Hiligaynon: [[hadlok#Template:Hil|hadlok]] Hungarian: félelem hu(hu) Irish: eagla ga(ga) f. Italian: paura it(it) f. Japanese: 恐れ ja(ja) (osore), 恐怖 ja(ja) (kyōfu) Korean: 공포 ko(ko) (koyuuo)

Kurdish: Kurmanji: tirs ku(ku) f. Sorani: ترس ku(ku) (tirs) Malay: ketakutan ms(ms) Manx: aggle gv(gv) m. Occitan: paur oc(oc) f. Old French: peor f. Persian: ترس fa(fa) (tars) Polish: strach pl(pl) m., niepokój pl(pl) m. Portuguese: medo pt(pt) m., temor pt(pt) m. Romanian: frică ro(ro) f., teamă ro(ro) f. Russian: страх ru(ru) (stráx) m., боязнь ru(ru) (bojázn') f. Scottish Gaelic: eagal gd(gd) m., uabhas gd(gd) m., oillt gd(gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: страх m. Roman: strah m. Slovene: strah sl(sl) m. Spanish: miedo es(es) m., temor es(es) m. Swahili: woga sw(sw) Swedish: skräck sv(sv) Tagalog: takot tl(tl) Welsh: ofn cy(cy)

a phobia; sense of fear induced by something or someone

Armenian: վախ hy(hy) (vax) Bosnian: strah bs(bs) m. Catalan: por f., paüra f., basarda f., temor m. Chinese: 恐怖 cmn(cmn) (kǒngbù) Croatian: strah hr(hr) m. Czech: strach cs(cs) m. Danish: angst da(da), frygt da(da) c. Dutch: angst nl(nl) f., schrik nl(nl) f. Filipino: takot Finnish: pelko fi(fi) French: crainte fr(fr) f., peur fr(fr) f. Georgian: შიში (šiši) German: Angst de(de) f., Furcht de(de) f., Phobie de(de) f. Greek: φοβία (fovía) f. Irish: eagla ga(ga) f. Italian: paura it(it) f. Japanese: 恐怖症 (kyōfushō) Kurdish: Kurmanji: tirs ku(ku) f. Sorani: ترس ku(ku) (tirs), ترس و له‌رز ku(ku) (tirs u larz)

Malay: ketakutan ms(ms) Occitan: paur oc(oc) f. Old French: peor f. Polish: lęk pl(pl) m. Portuguese: fobia pt(pt), medo pt(pt) m., temor pt(pt) m., pavor pt(pt) m. Romanian: fobie ro(ro) Russian: страх ru(ru) (stráχ) m., боязнь ru(ru) (bojázn') f., фобия ru(ru) (fóbija) f. Scottish Gaelic: eagal gd(gd) m., uabhas gd(gd) m., oillt gd(gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: страх m. Roman: strah m. Slovene: strah sl(sl) m. Swedish: fruktan sv(sv), rädsla sv(sv) Tagalog: takot tl(tl)

extreme veneration or awe

Armenian: երկյուղ hy(hy) (erkyuġ) Bosnian: strah bs(bs) m. Catalan: temor m., respecte m. Croatian: strah hr(hr) m. Czech: strach cs(cs) m. Danish: frygt da(da) c. Finnish: pelko fi(fi) French: crainte fr(fr) f. German: Ehrfurcht de(de) f. Irish: eagla ga(ga) f. Japanese: 畏れ (osore) Kurdish: Kurmanji: tirs ku(ku) f. Sorani: ترس ku(ku)

Malay: ketakutan ms(ms) Russian: страх ru(ru) (stráχ) m. Scottish Gaelic: eagal gd(gd) m., uabhas gd(gd) m., oillt gd(gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: страх m. Roman: strah m. Slovene: strahospoštovanje n. Swedish: fruktan sv(sv)

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Albanian: frikë f. Breton: aon m. Esperanto: timo Guaraní: kyhyje Hebrew: פחד (pákhad) m. Indonesian: takut Interlingua: timor, pavor Latin: timor, pavor, metus

Maori: mataku Northern Sami: ballu Old English: eġe Romansch: tema Romanian: frică f., teamă f. Spanish: miedo m., temor m. Tupinambá: sykyîé Turkish: korku Telugu: భయం

Verb

Infinitive to Fear

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Fear (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     ‘Be God,’ sayde Sir Gawayne, ‘his grevys me but lytyll; yet shalt thou nat feare me for all thy grete wordis.

2. (transitive) To feel fear about (something).

   I fear the worst will happen.

3. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

   People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.

4. (transitive) Regret

   I fear [regret that] I have bad news for you: your husband has died.

Synonyms

• (feel fear about (something)): be afraid of, be frightened of, be scared of, be terrorised/terrorized be
• (venerate): be in awe of, revere, venerate

Derived terms

• fear not
• God-fearing
• never fear

Translations

feel fear about (something)

Albanian: ka frikë Arabic: خاف ar(ar) (khaafa) Armenian: վախենալ hy(hy) (vaxenal), երկյուղել hy(hy) (erkyuġel), երկնչել hy(hy) (erknčel) Bosnian: bojati (se) Catalan: témer ca(ca), tenir por de ca(ca) Chinese: 害怕 cmn(cmn) (hàipà), 怕 cmn(cmn) (pà) Croatian: bojati (se) Czech: se cs(cs) Danish: frygte, være bange for Dutch: vrezen nl(nl) Esperanto: timi eo(eo) Estonian: kartma et(et) Filipino: pagtakot Finnish: pelätä fi(fi) French: craindre fr(fr), avoir peur de fr(fr) Galician: temer gl(gl) German: fürchten de(de) Guaraní: ...rehe kyhyje Hungarian: fél hu(hu) Ido: timar Interlingua: timer, haber timor Irish: eagla a bheith ort roimh... Italian: temere it(it), aver paura di it(it) Japanese: 恐れる ja(ja) (osoreru), 怖る ja(ja) (osoru)

Kurdish: Kurmanji: tirsîn ku(ku) Sorani: ترسین ku(ku) (tirseen) Lao: ຢ້ານກົວ lo(lo) (yaan-kua) Latin: timeo la(la) Malay: takut ms(ms) Northern Sami: ballat Persian: ترسیدن fa(fa) Polish: bać się, lękać się, niepokoić się, czuć niepokój Portuguese: temer pt(pt), ter medo de pt(pt) Romanian: teme ro(ro) Romansch: temair rm(rm) Russian: бояться ru(ru) (boját’sja) (+ genitive case), страшиться ru(ru) (strašít’sja) (+ genitive case) Santali: [[ᱵᱳᱨᱳ#Template:Sat|Template:Olck]] (boro) Serbian: Cyrillic: бојати (се) Roman: bojati (se) Slovene: bati (se) Spanish: temer es(es), tener miedo de es(es) Swedish: frukta sv(sv), rädas sv(sv) Tagalog: pagtakot tl(tl) Tupinambá: ...resé sykyîé Turkish: korkmak tr(tr), ürkmek tr(tr)

venerate

Armenian: վախենալ hy(hy) (vaxenal) Catalan: témer ca(ca), respectar ca(ca) Czech: bát cs(cs) se Hungarian: fél hu(hu) Japanese: 畏れる (osoreru)

Kurdish: Kurmanji: tirsîn ku(ku) Sorani: ترسین ku(ku) (tirseen) Malay: takut ms(ms)

Anagrams

• aefr,
• Afer
• fare
• FERA

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fʲaɾˠ]

Etymology

From Template:Sga[[Category:ga:Template:Sga derivations|Fear]] [[fer#Template:Sga|fer]], from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Welsh [[gŵr#Template:Cy|gŵr]], Latin vir, Old English wer.

Noun

Fear m.

1. man
2. husband, male spouse

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fear fir Vocative a fhir a fheara Genitive fir fear Dative fear fir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fear na fir Genitive an fhir na bhfear Dative leis an [[Template:Ga eclipsis anear]] don fhear leis na fir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fear	fhear	bhfear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scots

Noun

Fear ({{{1}}})

Singular Fear

Plural {{{1}}}

1. fear

Verb

1. to fear
2. to frighten, scare

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fɛɾ]

Noun

1. man
2. husband, male spouse

Declension

First declension; forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	am fear	na fir
Vocative	fhir	fhir
Genitive	an fir	nam fear/fir
Dative	leis an fhear	leis na fir

Derived terms

• fear-
• fear an taighe
• fear-taighe
• fireann
• fireannach
• fireannta

See also

• bean

Pronoun

Fear (genitive fir)

1. somebody, something, one

Usage notes

• Used when referring to a singular masculine subject.
• For feminine subjects tè is used. Alternatively, neach can be used for either gender.
• In the plural feadhainn is used for both genders.

Derived terms

• feareigin
• fear mu seach

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West Frisian

Noun

Fear c. [[Category:Template:Fy nouns|Fear]] (pl. fearren)

1. ferry
2. spring (mechanical device)