tantrum

English

Alternative forms

• tantrem (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier tanterum. Further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæn.tɹəm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æntɹəm

Noun

tantrum (plural tantrums)

1. An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

   Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.

   Baby Shawn threw a tantrum when he was told the bicycle was not his.

   • 2003, Saralea E. Chazan, Simultaneous Treatment of Parent and Child, page 185:

     When he became frustrated, he threw a tantrum, and his mother would attempt to comfort him.

Synonyms

• (childish display of bad temper): dummy spit, hissy fit, meltdown, see also Thesaurus:tantrum

Derived terms

• have a tantrum
• pitch a tantrum
• temper tantrum
• throw a tantrum

Translations

often childish display of bad temper

• Arabic: فَوْرة غَضَب f (fawra(t) ḡaḍab), نَوْبة غَضَب f (nawba(t) ḡaḍab), سَوْرة (ar) f (sawra), هَيَجان m (hayajān)
• Basque: haserrealdi
• Bikol Central: urag-urag (bcl)
• Bulgarian: фасон (bg) m (fason), тръшкане n (trǎškane)
• Catalan: enrabiada (ca) f, rebequeria (ca) f, enreveixinament m, rabiola f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact word, to lose one's temper:) 發脾氣／发脾气 (zh) (fā píqi)

• Czech: záchvat vzteku
• Danish: raserianfald (da) n, hysterisk anfald n, vredesanfald n, raseriudbrud n
• Dutch: driftbui (nl) f, woedeaanval (nl) m
• Finnish: kiukunpuuska (fi), raivonpuuska, raivari (fi), itkupotkuraivari (fi)
• French: excès de colère, caprice (fr) m
• Galician: perrencha (gl) f, rabecha (gl), cabuxo (gl) m
• German: Wutanfall (de) m, Ausraster m, Koller (de) m, Tobsuchtsanfall (de) m
• Greek: νευράκια n pl (nevrákia), (regarding children) πείσματα (el) n pl (peísmata)
• Hebrew: התקף זעם n
• Hungarian: hiszti (hu), hisztéria (hu), dühkitörés (hu), cirkusz (hu), rapli (hu)
• Icelandic: bræðikast n, illskukast n
• Italian: bizza (it) f, capriccio (it) m
• Japanese: 癇癪 (ja) (かんしゃく, kanshaku), ぎゃんなき (gyannaki)
• Kapampangan: kasat
• Maori: rūtakitanga, rūtānga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: raserianfall n, raseriutbrudd n, slå seg vrang (no) (verb)

• Persian: کج خلقی, خشم (fa), قهر (fa)
• Polish: histeria (pl)
• Portuguese: birra (pt), chilique (pt), piti (pt) m, pirraça (pt)
• Romanian: pandalie (ro) f, toană (ro) f
• Russian: исте́рика (ru) f (istérika), при́ступ гнева m (prístup gneva)
• Serbo-Croatian: izljev bijesa m, napad bijesa m
• Spanish: rabieta (es) f, berrinche (es) m, pataleta f, cortón, corajina (es) f, perrera f
• Swedish: raserianfall (sv) n, raseriutbrott (sv) n, vredesutbrott n, utbrott (sv) n
• Tagalog: pag-aalumihit

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發爛渣／发烂渣 (faat³ laan⁶ zaa²), 發脾氣／发脾气 (faat³ pei⁴ hei³)

• Greek: νεύρα (el) n pl (névra), θυμός (el) m (thymós)
• Russian: закати́ть исте́рику pf (zakatítʹ istériku)
• Tagalog: mag-alumihit

Verb

tantrum (third-person singular simple present tantrums, present participle tantruming or tantrumming, simple past and past participle tantrumed or tantrummed)

1. (intransitive) To throw a tantrum.