triskaidekaphobia

1. 1.

   a morbid fear of the number 13

   Broadersimple phobia

Other forms of triskaidekaphobia

plural

triskaidekaphobias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about triskaidekaphobia

What does triskaidekaphobia mean?

triskaidekaphobia means "a morbid fear of the number 13".

How many syllables are in triskaidekaphobia?

triskaidekaphobia has 7 syllables and divides as tri-ska-i-de-ka-pho-bia under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.