λευkοφοβία
How do you pronounce this and what does it mean?
Λευkοφοβία
Brayden Taylor
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Liam Jackson
You pronounce it “I love my Turkish master” but with 9 dix in ur mouth
Evan Cooper
Leh-ou-ko-fobia
Idk I guess leuko means white so I'd guess something like "fear of white"
Caleb Jones
Not "lev-koh-fobia"?
Dominic Lopez
Well could be, I mean in ancient Greek the ou is read like you would read it in w(ou)ld not sure for modern Greek
Nathaniel Nelson
>in ancient Greek the ou is read like you would read it in w(ou)ld
So pretty much the same as today?
Daniel Mitchell
It means fear of white
Why do you ask?
Adam Powell
Because "aspro" also means white, also I don't know if it's pronounced "lev-koh", or "leh-ooh-koh".
Eli Long
It's also pronounced lef-ko-fo-vìa
Jose Sanders
Where did you hear that word?
James Russell
Wyatt Gutierrez
You were browsing greek words on the wiktionary?
Joshua Anderson
It's part of some amateur research into Greek pronunciation and how the West creates Greek-based compound words.
So it can be both "lef-koh-fobia", and "leh-ooh-koh-fobia"?
Jose Powell
No its only lef-koh-fovia
Noah Miller
Different guy, it's only pronounced as "lef-koh-fovia". Also, both "aspro" and "lefko" mean white, but they aren't completely interchangeable.
Asher Ross
So the β becomes a fricative "f" instead of a plosive "b"?
And isn't the "υ" normally an "u" like in "ooh"?
William Lewis
> both "aspro" and "lefko" mean white, but they aren't completely interchangeable.
What about things like turning white/pale from fear?
Daniel Diaz
No the β is always pronounced like v as in vidya
Logan Miller
The hell. I thought that was the "beta".
Ian Perry
Phrases aren't interchangeable at all, and in this case, you'd only use the word "aspro" (this one might depend on the context though). Most phrases are like that. For example, "white day" which is a phrase meaning "a good day" only makes sense when you use "aspro"
b is pronounced as "vee" in that case. Also, υ doesn't really sound like "ooh", unless it's preceded by an "o", as in "ου"
Beta is pronounced Veeta in Greek.
Jace Roberts
>b is pronounced as "vee"
>Beta is pronounced Veeta in Greek.
Mind vlown.
>Phrases aren't interchangeable at all, and in this case, you'd only use the word "aspro" (this one might depend on the context though). Most phrases are like that. For example, "white day" which is a phrase meaning "a good day" only makes sense when you use "aspro"
What about "white people", as in skin color?
Kayden Cook
You'd use "lefko" here. You could use "aspro" as well, but it's very informal and would probably cause confusion.
Aiden Butler
We use lefkos
Ryan Cook
Ancient Greek: leukophobia
Modern Greek: lefkofovia
Other languages have different conventions for pronouncing scientific words of Greek origin. But most of them just transliterate the word into Latin and pronounce it with its own rules.
Kayden Sullivan
How would you transpose the ancient Greek "leukos" into Latin?
Caleb Wood
Albus
Hudson Mitchell
But then that wouldn't make much sense alongside the Greek word "phobia".