# temor
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin timōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [təˈmor]
* IPA: (Balearic) [təˈmo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [teˈmoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ

### Noun

temor m or (archaic, popular or poetic) f (plural temors)
* fear
    Synonym: por

#### Related terms

* témer

### Further reading

* “temor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [teˈmoɾ]

### Noun

temor m (plural temores)
* fear
    Synonym: medo

#### Derived terms

* atemorar
* atemorizar

### References

* 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

## Kangean
### Etymology

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

### Noun

temor
* alternative spelling of tėmor (“east”)

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* temôr (superseded)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /teˈmoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /teˈmoʁ/ [teˈmoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /teˈmoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈmoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈmoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈmo.ɾi/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
* Hyphenation: te‧mor

### Noun

temor m (plural temores)
* (uncountable) fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
    Synonyms: medo, pavor, receio, terror
    Antonyms: arrojo, coragem, destemor, ousadia, valentia, audácia, bravura
* fear (sense of fear induced by something or someone)
    Synonyms: fobia, medo
* (chiefly theology) fear (extreme veneration or awe)
    Synonym: temência

#### Related terms

* temência
* temente
* temer
* temerando
* temerosamente
* temeroso
* temível
* temívelmente
* temorizar
* temoroso

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin timōrem, whence English timorous.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teˈmoɾ/ [t̪eˈmoɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: te‧mor

### Noun

temor m (plural temores)
* fear
    Synonym: miedo
* awe
* dread, apprehension, trepidation
    Synonym: pavor

#### Derived terms

* atemorizar

#### Related terms

* temer
* temeroso
* temible

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* metro
* termo
* Torme
* tremo