aviophobia

English

Etymology

Possibly from French avion (“airplane”) +‎ -phobia

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

aviophobia (uncountable)

Fear of flying.
I'd love to come and visit you but aviophobia means that it'd have to be by boat, and that just takes too long!

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aviophobia.

Synonyms

aerophobia

Translations

fear of flying — see also aerophobia

French: aviophobie (fr) f
Italian: aviofobia (it) f

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