"tetraphobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Rhymes: -əʊbiə Etymology: From tetra- + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tetra|phobia}} tetra- + -phobia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tetraphobia (uncountable)
  1. Custom of avoiding the number four (4) commonly seen in East Asian countries in which the words for "4" and "death" are paronymous or homophonous. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Four, Phobias Translations (fear of the number four): tetrafoobia (Estonian), tetrafobia (Finnish), tétraphobie [feminine] (French), tetrafóbia (Hungarian), тетрафо́бия (tetrafóbija) [feminine] (Russian), tetrafobi (Turkish)
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