Fear

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Related terms 1.5 See also 2 Frisian 2.1 Noun 3 Irish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 4 Scottish Gaelic 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Fear (plural Fears)

1. (uncountable) An uncontrollable emotion of anxiety about something that causes a scared reaction or frightening impression.

   He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.

2. The emotions induced by a particular frightening entity.

   Not everybody has the same fears.

   I have a fear of ants.

Translations

Albanian: frikë f Bosnian: strah m. Breton: aon f Catalan: por f Croatian: strah m Czech: strach m Danish: frygt c Dutch: vrees c, angst f, schrik f, bibber m Esperanto: timo Finnish: pelko French: peur f (1, 2) German: Angst f, Furcht f Greek: φόβος [ˈfo̞vo̞s] m (1), φοβία [fo̞ˈviˌa] f (2) Guarani: kyhyje

Hungarian: félelem Indonesian: takut Interlingua: timor, pavor Irish: eagla f Italian: paura f (1, 2) Latin: timor, pavor, metus Manx: aggle m Old English: eÄ¡e Polish: niepokój m, strach m (1), lęk m (2) Portuguese: medo m, temor m, pavor m Romansch: tema Romanian: frică f, teamă f Russian: ÑÑ‚Ñ€Ð°Ñ m Serbian Cyrillic: ÑÑ‚Ñ€Ð°Ñ m. Latin: strah m. Slovene: strah m Spanish: miedo m, temor m Tupinambá: sykyîé Turkish: korku

Verb

to fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearing, simple past feared, past participle feared)

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: To feel fear about (something).

1. I fear the worst will happen.

   You will find people who fear god, "God-fearing" people in Christian churches.

Translations

Albanian: ka frikë Catalan: témer Croatian: bojati (se) Danish: frygte Dutch: vrezen Esperanto: timi Finnish: pelätä French: craindre, avoirpeur German: (sich) fürchten Guaraní: ...rehe kyhyje

Hungarian: fél Ido: timar Interlingua: timer, haber timor Irish: eagla a bheith ort roimh… Italian: temere, aver paura Polish: bać się, lękać się, niepokoić się, czuć niepokój Portuguese: temer, ter medo Russian: бояться Romanian: teme Slovene: bati (se) Spanish: temer, tener miedo Tupinambá: ...resé sykyîé Turkish: korkmak, ürkmek

Related terms

• phobia
• phobic
• fearful
• fearfully
• fearfulness
• fearsome

See also

This word is a Wiktionary:Basic English Word List word.

It is under review as part of the Project - Basic English Word Cleanup. At the moment it is classed as Ready.

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Frisian

Noun

fear

1. ferry

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Irish

Pronunciation

IPA: [fær]

Etymology

Common Celtic *viros akin to Latin vir

Noun

fear m (pl., fir)

1. a man
2. a husband

Declension

First declension; forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fear	na fir
Vocative	a fhir	a fheara
Genitive	an fhir	na bhfear
Dative	leis an bhfear don fhear	leis na fir archaic leis na fearaibh

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA: [fɛɾ]

Noun

fear m (pl., fir)

1. a man
2. a husband

Declension

First declension; forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fear	na fir
Vocative	fhir	fhir
Genitive	an fir	nam fear/fir
Dative	leis an fhear	leis na fir

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