Fear

EnglishModificar

EtymologyModificar

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

PronunciationModificar

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

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  Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

NounModificar

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.

SynonymsModificar

• (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 termsModificar

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

TranslationsModificar

VerbModificar

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.

SynonymsModificar

• (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 termsModificar

• fear not
• God-fearing
• never fear

TranslationsModificar

AnagramsModificar

• Afer
• fare
• FERA

IrishModificar

PronunciationModificar

• IPA: [fʲaɾˠ]

EtymologyModificar

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

NounModificar

Fear m.

1. man
2. husband, male spouse

DeclensionModificar

First declension

MutationModificar

ScotsModificar

NounModificar

1. fear

VerbModificar

Patrono:Sco-verb

1. to fear
2. to frighten, scare

Scottish GaelicModificar

PronunciationModificar

• IPA: [fɛɾ]

NounModificar

Patrono:Gd-noun

1. man
2. husband, male spouse

DeclensionModificar

First declension; forms with the definite article:

Derived termsModificar

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

See alsoModificar

• bean

PronounModificar

Fear (genitive fir)

1. somebody, something, one

Usage notesModificar

• 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 termsModificar

• feareigin
• fear mu seach

West FrisianModificar

NounModificar

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

1. ferry
2. spring (mechanical device)

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