child abuse

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃaɪldəbjuːs/

Noun

child abuse (uncountable)

Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage. [from 20th c.]

Hypernyms

child molestion
child neglect

Translations

mistreatment of a child

Afrikaans: kindermishandeling
Catalan: maltractament infantil m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 兒童虐待, 儿童虐待 (értóng nüèdài), 虐待兒童, 虐待儿童 (nüèdài értóng), 虐童 (nüètóng)
Dutch: kindermishandeling (nl) f, kindermisbruik (nl) n
Finnish: lasten hyväksikäyttö
French: maltraitance sur mineur f
German: Kindesmisshandlung (de) f
Hungarian: gyermekbántalmazás (hu)

Italian: abuso minorile
Japanese: 児童虐待 (じどうぎゃくたい, jidō gyakutai)
Norwegian: barnemishandling (no)
Portuguese: abuso infantil m
Romanian: abuz asupra copilului
Russian: наси́лие над детьми́ n (nasílije nad detʹmí)
Spanish: abuso de menores m
Swedish: barnmisshandel (sv) c
Turkish: çocuk istismarı

Further reading

child abuse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
child abuse at OneLook Dictionary Search

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