English Alternative forms Etymology From bogey -man
Pronunciation Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Canada" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈbuɡiˌmæn/ Noun bogeyman (plural bogeymen
A menacing , ghost -like monster in children's stories.
( by extension ) make-believe threat , especially one used to intimidate or distract .Translations menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories
Catalan: home del sac m papu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 怪物 (zh) ( guàiwù ) , 魔鬼 (zh) ( móguǐ )
Czech: bubák m
Danish: bussemand (da) c bøhmand c
Dutch: boeman (nl) m bietebauw (nl) m
Esperanto: infantimigulo
Estonian: koll
Finnish: mörkö (fi)
French: croque-mitaine (fr) m
Galician: sacaúntos m coco m
German: Butzemann (de) m
Greek: μπαμπούλας (el) m ( bampoúlas )
Ancient: μορμολυκεῖον n ( mormolukeîon )
Hungarian: krampusz (hu) , mumus (hu)
Italian: uomo nero babau (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: ブギーマン ( bugīman ) , 小鬼 (ja) ( こおに, ko-oni )
Korean: 꼬마 도깨비 ( kkoma dokkaebi ) , 부기맨 ( bugimaen )
Latgalian: buba
Latin: larva f
Latvian: bubulis
Lithuanian: baubas bubulis
Norman: croque-mitaine m barbou m
Norwegian: busemann m
Polish: czarny lud m
Portuguese: bicho-papão m
Romanian: baubau (ro) m
Russian: бу́ка (ru) f ( búka ) , баба́й (ru) m ( babáj ) , страши́лище (ru) n ( strašílišče ) , домово́й (ru) m ( domovój ) ( in Slavic mythology ) , бу́гимен m ( búgimɛn )
Serbo-Croatian: babaroga (sh) f бабарога f
Spanish: coco (es) , cuco (es) m cucuy m
Tajik: буҷӣ ( bujī )
Turkish: gulyabani (tr) , hortlak (tr) , öcü (tr) , karakoncolos (tr) , umacı (tr)
See also Anagrams 