violence

English

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Noun

violence (uncountable)

1. Extreme force.

   The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.

2. Action intended to cause destruction, pain, or suffering.

   We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.

3. Widespread fighting.

   Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

4. (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.

   The translation does violence to the original novel.

Related terms

• violent

Hypernyms

• (extreme force): force

Translations

extreme force

• Catalan: violència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴力 (cmn) (bàolì)

• Dutch: geweld (nl)
• Estonian: vägivald (et)
• Finnish: (~ of something abstract or inanimate) rajuus; (~ of a human being) voimakeinot pl
• French: violence (fr) f
• German: Gewalt (de) f
• Greek: βία (el) (vía) f, σφοδρότητα (el) (sfodrótita) f, βιαιότητα (el) (viaiótita) f
• Hebrew: אלימות (he) f
• Hindi: हिंसा (hi) (hinsā)

• Hungarian: erőszak (hu)
• Japanese: 猛威 (ja) (もうい, mōi)
• Korean: 폭력 (ko) (pongnyeok)
• Latin: violentia (la) f
• Macedonian: насилство (mk) (násilstvo) n
• Maori: tūkeri (mi) (refers to wind only)
• Polish: gwałtowność (pl) f
• Romanian: violență (ro) f
• Russian: сила (ru) (síla) f, неистовство (ru) (n'eístovstvo) n
• Sanskrit: हिंसा (sa)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainneart (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: žestìna (sh) f, silòvitōst (sh)
• Spanish: violencia (es) f
• Swedish: våld (sv)

action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴力 (cmn) (bàolì)

• Czech: násilí (cs) n
• Dutch: geweld (nl) n
• Estonian: vägivald
• Finnish: väkivalta (fi)
• German: Gewalt f, Gewalttaten f pl
• Greek: βία (el) (vía) f
• Hindi: हिंसा (hi)

• Japanese: 暴力 (ja) (bōryoku)
• Macedonian: насилство (mk) (násilstvo) n
• Polish: przemoc (pl) f
• Russian: насилие (ru) (nasílije) n, жестокость (ru) (žestókost') f
• Sanskrit: हिंसा (sa)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainneart (gd) m, èiginn (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: násīlje (sh) n
• Swedish: våld (sv)

widespread fighting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴力 (cmn) (bàolì)

• Dutch: geweld (nl) n
• Finnish: väkivaltaisuudet (fi) pl
• German: Gewalttätigkeiten (de) f pl
• Greek: βία (el) (vía) f, βιαιοπραγία (el) (viaiopragía) f
• Hindi: हिंसा (hi)

• Macedonian: насилство (mk) (násilstvo) n
• Russian: насилие (ru) (nasílije) n
• Sanskrit: हिंसा (sa)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainneart (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: násīlje (sh) n
• Swedish: våldsverkan (sv)
• Welsh: trais (cy) m

injustice, wrong

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傷害 (cmn), 伤害 (cmn) (shānghài)

• Finnish: vääryys (fi)
• Greek: αδικία (el) (adikía) f
• Japanese: 曲解 (ja) (kyokkai), 歪曲 (ja) (waikyoku)

• Macedonian: неправда (mk) (népravda) f
• Polish: gwałt (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: nèprāvda (sh) f
• Swedish: våld (sv)

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• Afrikaans: geweld
• Bulgarian: сила f
• Catalan: violència f
• Dutch: geweld n
• French: violence f
• Greek: σφοδρότητα [sfo̞.ˈðro̞.ti.ˌta] f, βιαιότητα [vi.e̞.ˈo̞.ti.ˌta] f, ορμητικότητα [o̞r.mi.ti.ˈko̞.ti.ˌta] f (1), βία [ˈvi.ˌa] f (2), παραφορά [pa.ˌra.fo̞.ˈra] f, βιαιοπραγία [vi.e̞.o̞.pra.ˈʝi.ˌa] f (3)
• Icelandic: ofbeldi
• Interlingua: violentia

• Norwegian: vold
• Portuguese: violência f
• Slovene: nasilje n
• Spanish: violencia f
• Tagalog: bayolente, kaligaligan, gulo o kaguluhan, sigalot. The violent storm- malakas na bagyo, violence of wars-kaligaligan/kaguluhan sa digmaan, dispute among the people- sigalot sa pagitan ng mga tao,the misinformations that happen in everyday life will usually cause violence due to misunderstandings- ang maling ulat sa pang araw araw na buhay/kaganapan ay magdudulot karaniwan ng kaligaligan/gulo/sigalot dahil sa hindi pagkakaunawaan.
• Telugu: హింస (himsa)
• Turkish: şiddet

See also

• domestic violence
• reverse domestic violence

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French

Etymology

Latin violentia, from adjective violentus, see violent.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/

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• Homophone: violences

Noun

violence f (plural violences)

1. (uncountable) violence
2. (countable) act of violence

Synonyms

• ardeur
• brutalité
• force
• fougue
• fureur
• sévices
• virulence

Antonyms

• douceur

Derived terms

• violemment
• violent
• violenter