arachnophobie
French, noun/a.ʁak.nɔ.fɔ.bi/
arachnophobie is spelled A-R-A-C-H-N-O-P-H-O-B-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arachnophobie is a French feminine noun meaning “arachnophobia (an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peur irraisonnée des araignées”.
What does arachnophobie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearachnophobia (an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peur irraisonnée des araignées.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arachnophobie
- arachnophobies plural
- arachnéphobie rare
- arachnéophobie rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arachnophobie?
- /a.ʁak.nɔ.fɔ.bi/
- \a.ʁak.no.fɔ.bi\
- [a.ʁak.no.fɔ.bi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arachnophobie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arachnophobie in French?
arachnophobie appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).