tetraphobia

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noun

Custom of avoiding the number four (4) commonly seen in those East Asian countries in whose local languages the words for "4" and "death" are paronymous or homophonous.

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Meanings

nountetraphobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCustom of avoiding the number four (4) commonly seen in those East Asian countries in whose local languages the words for "4" and "death" are paronymous or homophonous.

Origin

From tetra- + -phobia.

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Translations

Estonian tetrafoobia
  • tetrafoobiafear of the number four
Finnish tetrafobia
  • tetrafobiafear of the number four
French tétraphobie
  • tétraphobiefear of the number four
Hungarian tetrafóbia
  • tetrafóbiafear of the number four
Russian тетрафо́бия
  • тетрафо́бия (tetrafóbija)fear of the number four
Turkish tetrafobi
  • tetrafobifear of the number four

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tetraphobia

phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
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APA

tetraphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraphobia

MLA

“tetraphobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraphobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetraphobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraphobia.

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