temor

Inherited from Latin timōrem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈmor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈmo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈmoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ

temor m or (archaic, popular or poetic) f (plural temors)

1. fear

   Synonym: por

• témer

• “temor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “temor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “temor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “temor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese temor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin timor, timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“I fear”).

• IPA^(key): [teˈmoɾ]

temor m (plural temores)

1. fear

   Synonym: medo

• atemorar
• atemorizar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “temor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “temor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “temor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “temor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Derived from Old Javanese timur (“east”). Cognates to Javanese timur (ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ, “east”), Madurese tèmor (ꦠꦺꦩꦺꦴꦂ, “east”) and Buginese timoreng ([Term?], “east”).

temor

1. alternative spelling of tėmor (“east”)

• temôr (superseded)

From Old Galician-Portuguese temor, from Latin timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“to fear”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: te‧mor

temor m (plural temores)

1. (uncountable) fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

   Synonyms: medo, pavor, receio, terror

   Antonyms: arrojo, coragem, destemor, ousadia, valentia, audácia, bravura

2. fear (sense of fear induced by something or someone)

   Synonyms: fobia, medo

3. (chiefly theology) fear (extreme veneration or awe)

   Synonym: temência

• “temor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Latin timōrem, whence English timorous.

• IPA^(key): /teˈmoɾ/ [t̪eˈmoɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: te‧mor

temor m (plural temores)

1. fear

   Synonym: miedo

2. awe
3. dread, apprehension, trepidation

   Synonym: pavor

• “temor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• metro
• termo
• Torme
• tremo