English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Old English fǣr (“‘peril, danger’”) (noun), fǣran (“‘to frighten’”) (verb).
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- (Australia) IPA: /fiə/, SAMPA: /fi@/
- (UK) IPA: /fɪə/, SAMPA: /fI@/
- (US) IPA: /fɪr/, SAMPA: /fir/
Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Fear (s)
- (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.
- (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
- Not everybody has the same fears.
- I have a fear of ants.
- (uncountable) Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
- (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
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Verb[edit | edit source]
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to Fear (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (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.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
- (transitive) To feel fear about (something).
- I fear the worst will happen.
- (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- (transitive) Regret
- I fear [regret that] I have bad news for you: your husband has died.
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
- (feel fear about (something)): be afraid of, be frightened of, be scared of, be terrorised/terrorized be
- (venerate): be in awe of, revere, venerate
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Irish[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- IPA: [fʲaɾˠ]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Fear m.
Declension[edit | edit source]
- First declension
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Scots[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Fear ({{{1}}})
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Scottish Gaelic[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- IPA: [fɛɾ]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Declension[edit | edit source]
First declension; forms with the definite article:
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Nominative | am fear | na fir |
Vocative | fhir | fhir |
Genitive | an fir | nam fear/fir |
Dative | leis an fhear | leis na fir |
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Pronoun[edit | edit source]
Fear (genitive fir)
Usage notes[edit | edit source]
- 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.
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West Frisian[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Fear c. [[Category:Template:Fy nouns|Fear]] (pl. fearren)
ar:fear de:fear et:fear el:fear es:fear fr:fear ga:fear gd:fear ko:fear hy:fear hr:fear io:fear id:fear it:fear kn:fear kk:fear sw:fear ku:fear lo:fear lt:fear li:fear hu:fear ml:fear nl:fear ja:fear oc:fear pl:fear pt:fear ro:fear ru:fear simple:fear fi:fear sv:fear ta:fear te:fear th:fear tr:fear uk:fear vi:fear zh:fear
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