coulrofobia
Portuguese, noun/ko.uw.ʁo.foˈbi.ɐ/
coulrofobia is spelled C-O-U-L-R-O-F-O-B-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coulrofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “coulrophobia (the fear of clowns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fobia ou medo irracional a palhaços”.
What does coulrofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecoulrophobia (the fear of clowns)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fobia ou medo irracional a palhaços
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coulrofobia
- coulrofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coulrofobia?
- Brazil /ko.uw.ʁo.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Brazil [ko.uʊ̯.ho.foˈbi.ɐ]
- Brazil /kow.ʁo.foˈbi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coulrofobia in Portuguese?
coulrofobia appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).