triskaidekaphobia

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• Triskaidekaphobia — (from Greek tris=three, kai=and, deka=ten) is an irrational fear of the number 13; it is a superstition and related to a specific fear of Friday the 13th, called paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.OriginsSome Christian traditions… …   Wikipedia

• triskaidekaphobia — noun a morbid fear of the number 13 • Derivationally related forms: ↑triskaidekaphobic • Hypernyms: ↑simple phobia * * * ˌtriˌskīˌdekəˈfōbēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from …   Useful english dictionary

• Triskaidekaphobia — Fear of the number 13. Written reference to this fear dates to the late 1800s. The term triskaidekaphobia appeared in the early 1900s. It is not easy to pronounce unless one speaks Greek. From treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen + phobia,… …   Medical dictionary

• triskaidekaphobia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek treiskaideka thirteen (from treis three + kai and + deka ten) + New Latin phobia more at three, ten Date: circa 1911 fear of the number 13 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• triskaidekaphobia — noun /ˌtrɪskaɪdɛkəˈfəʊbiə/ Fear, hate, or dislike of the number thirteen (13) …   Wiktionary

• triskaidekaphobia — n страх перед числом тринадцать …   Англо-русский словарь по социологии

• Triskaidekaphobia — Психиатрия: Трискаидекафобия (боязнь числа 13) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• triskaidekaphobia — Психиатрия: Трискаидекафобия (боязнь числа 13) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• triskaidekaphobia — ◙ n. טריסקיידקפוביה, פחד חריג מהמספר 13; מצב של לפחד מהמספר 13 (בפסיכולוגיה) * * * ◙ (היגולוכיספב) 31 רפסמהמ דחפל לש בצמ ;31 רפסמהמ גירח דחפ ,היבופקדייקסירט◄ …   English-Hebrew dictionary

• Friday the 13th — is superstitiously considered a day of bad luck in English , French and German speaking countries, as well as in other countries around the world.Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece, Romania and Spanish speaking… …   Wikipedia