claustrophobe

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɒs.tɹəˌfəʊb/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔstɹəˌfoʊb/

Noun

claustrophobe (plural claustrophobes)

One who suffers from claustrophobia.
- 1998, Jim Mortimore, chapter 3, in Beltempest, page 73:
  She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people.

Translations

one who suffers from claustrophobia

French: claustrophobe (fr) m or f
Galician: claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica f, claustrófobo m, claustrófoba f
Italian: claustrófobo m, claustrófoba f, claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica f
Macedonian: клаустрофо́б m (klaustrofób)
Portuguese: claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica f, claustrófobo (pt) m, claustrófoba f
Spanish: claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica (es) f, claustrofóbico m, claustrofóbica (es) f

French

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”) + -phobe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

claustrophobe m or f by sense (plural claustrophobes)

claustrophobe

Adjective

claustrophobe (plural claustrophobes)

claustrophobic

Related terms

claustrophobie

Further reading

“claustrophobe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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