bullying

English

An example of bullying.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊl.i.ɪŋ/

Etymology 1

From bully +‎ -ing.

Noun

bullying (countable and uncountable, plural bullyings)

1. An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
2. Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

   Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.

Related terms

• bully

Translations

act of intimidating a person

• Arabic: إِرْهَاب‎ m (ʾirhāb), تَنَمُّر‎ (ar) m (tanammur)
• Czech: šikana (cs) f, šikanování n
• Esperanto: ĉikanado
• Finnish: kiusaaminen (fi), pakottaminen (fi)
• French: harcèlement (fr) m
• Georgian: ჩაგვრა (čagvra), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba), დაშინება (dašineba), ძალადობა (ʒaladoba), დევნა (devna)
• German: Schikanieren n, Schikane (de) f, Drangsalieren n
• Greek: νταηλίκι (el) n (daïlíki)
• Irish: bulaíocht f
• Italian: bullismo (it) m

• Japanese: 嫌がらせ (ja) (いやがらせ, iyagarase)
• Korean: 괴롭힘 (ko) (goerophim), 핍박(逼迫) (ko) (pipbak)
• Macedonian: застрашување n (zastrašuvanje)
• Polish: znęcanie się (pl) n
• Portuguese: bullying (pt) m
• Russian: запу́гивание (ru) n (zapúgivanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: burraidheachd f
• Slovak: šikanovanie (sk) n
• Spanish: vejación (es) f, ultraje (es) m, acoso (es) m, hostigamiento (es) m, bullying, matonaje m, matonismo m
• Ukrainian: знущання n (znuščannja)

persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant

• Arabic: تَنَمُّر‎ (ar) m (tanammur)
• Armenian: ահաբեկում (hy) (ahabekum), ահաբեկչություն (hy) (ahabekčʿutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: zorbalıq
• Belarusian: цкава́нне n (ckavánnje), бу́лінг m (búlinh)
• Bulgarian: тормо́з (bg) m (tormóz), поти́скане (bg) n (potískane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欺負 (zh), 欺负 (zh) (qīfu), 恃強欺弱 (zh), 恃强欺弱 (zh) (shìqiángqīruò), 恃強凌弱, 恃强凌弱 (shìqiánglíngruò), 欺凌 (zh) (qīlíng)

• Czech: šikana (cs) f, šikanování n
• Esperanto: ĉikanado
• Finnish: kiusaaminen (fi)
• French: harcèlement (fr) m
• Georgian: ბულინგი (bulingi), ჩაგვრა (čagvra), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba), დაშინება (dašineba), ძალადობა (ʒaladoba), დევნა (devna)
• German: Mobbing (de) n, Mobben n, Piesacken n, Piesackerei f, Drangsalieren n, Tyrannisieren n
• Icelandic: einelti (is) n
• Irish: bulaíocht f

• Japanese: いじめ (ja) (ijime), 嫌がらせ (ja) (いやがらせ, iyagarase)
• Korean: 괴롭힘 (ko) (goerophim), 이지메 (ijime)
• Macedonian: задевање n (zadevanje)
• Persian: قلدری‎ (fa) (qoldori)
• Polish: znęcanie się (pl) n
• Portuguese: bullying (pt) m
• Russian: издева́тельства (ru) n pl (izdevátelʹstva), (army) дедовщи́на (ru) f (dedovščína), задира́ние (ru) n (zadiránije), тра́вля (ru) f (trávlja), бу́ллинг (ru) m (búlling)
• Scottish Gaelic: burraidheachd f
• Slovak: šikanovanie (sk) n
• Slovene: ustrahovanje n
• Spanish: bullying m, mobbing m
• Swedish: mobbning (sv) c
• Turkish: zorbalık (tr)
• Ukrainian: знуща́ння n (znuščánnja), цькува́ння (uk) n (cʹkuvánnja), бу́лінг m (búlinh)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} ceanntrom m

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} いじめ (ja) (ijime)

See also

• abuse
• mobbing

Etymology 2

From bully +‎ -ing.

Verb

bullying

1. present participle of bully

Further reading

• bullying on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bullying.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈbu.lĩ/
• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /buˈlĩ.ɡ(ɨ)/

Noun

bullying m (uncountable)

1. bullying (persistent acts intended to make someone’s life unpleasant)

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bullying.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulin/, [ˈbu.lĩn]

Noun

bullying m (uncountable)

1. bullying

   Synonyms: acoso escolar, hostigamiento escolar

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

See also

• mobbing