English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] hen pecked
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˈhɛnpɛkt/ Hyphenation: hen‧pecked Adjective [ edit ] henpecked (comparative more henpecked , superlative most henpecked )
( particularly of husbands or boyfriends ) overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch , wife , or girlfriend .
June-July 1884 , Henry James , “The Author of Beltraffio”, in The English Illustrated Magazine :"I noticed that he addressed her as 'My dear,' very genially, without any trace of resentment.... The quickness of the transition made me vaguely ask myself whether he were henpecked ,—a shocking conjecture, which I instantly dismissed."
Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
Catalan: bajoc m calçasses (ca) m ( noun )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 怕老婆的 ( pàlǎopó de ) , 懼內的 ／ 惧内的 (zh) ( jùnèi de )
Czech: pod pantoflem
Danish: i sin hule hånd tøffelhelt (da)
Finnish: tossun alla tossutettu
French: jobard (fr) m la femme porte la culotte dominé par sa femme
German: unter dem Pantoffel Pantoffelheld (de) m ( a henpecked husband )
Hungarian: papucs (hu) , tutyimutyi (hu)
Italian: soggiogato (it) , sottomesso (it) , plagiato (it) , asservito (it)
Japanese: 女房天下 ( にょうぼうてんか, nyōbō tenka ) , 二本棒 ( にほんぼう, nihonbō ) , 鼻下長 ( びかちょう, bikachō )
Latin: uxorius
Macedonian: папучар m ( papučar )
Norman: dêbraiesi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tøffelhelt (no) m
Persian: زنذلیل ( zan-zalil )
Polish: pod pantoflem pantoflarz (pl) m pozbadnięty ( regional )
Portuguese: mandado (pt)
Russian: под башмако́м ( pod bašmakóm ) , под каблуко́м (ru) ( pod kablukóm ) , подкаблу́чник (ru) ( podkablúčnik ) ( noun )
Scottish Gaelic: fo mhaide na poite piteag f ( a henpecked man )
Spanish: ( Spain ) calzonazos (es) m planchabragas (es) m ( Mexico ) mandilón (es) m ( Chile ) macabeo (es) m ( Bolivia, Río de la Plata ) pollerudo (es) m ( Peru ) pisado (es)
Swedish: toffel (sv) c toffelhjälte (sv) c tofflad
Turkish: kılıbık (tr)
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