Meaning of triskaidekaphobia | Babel Free
ˌtɹɪskaɪdɛkəˈfəʊbi.əEquivalents
Български
трискайдекафобия
Deutsch
Triskaidekaphobie
Esperanto
dektrifobio
Español
triscaidecafobia
Français
triskaidékaphobie
Italiano
triscaidecafobia
日本語
十三恐怖症
한국어
13 공포증
Português
triscaidecafobia
Русский
трискайдекафобия
Examples
“Yet, despite beliefs that triskaidekaphobia began long ago and has been passed down through the centuries, the earliest known reference to Friday the 13th as a dreaded day did not appear⟳ until 1913. It is merely a 20th century invention.”
“The great Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg had such a severe case of triskaidekaphobia (the fear of the number⟳ 13), he omitted numbering the 13th measure⟳ in some of his later works, substituting it with the notation “12a.””
“There’s even a name⟳ to describe⟳ the irrational dread of the date⟳: paraskevidekatriaphobia — a specialized form⟳ of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number⟳ 13.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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