corporal punishment

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔː.pəɹ.əl ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/

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Noun

corporal punishment (countable and uncountable, plural corporal punishments)

1. A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body.

Translations

form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body

• Afrikaans: lyfstraf
• Arabic: عُقُوبَة بَدَنِيَّة f (ʕuqūba badaniyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體罰／体罚 (zh) (tǐfá)

• Czech: tělesný trest m
• Dutch: lijfstraf (nl) m or f
• Finnish: ruumiinrangaistus
• French: châtiment corporel (fr) m
• German: Körperstrafe f, Züchtigung (de) f
• Greek: σωματική ποινή f (somatikí poiní)
• Hungarian: (testi) fenyítés
• Irish: pionós corpartha m
• Japanese: 体罰 (ja) (たいばつ, taibatsu)
• Korean: 체벌(體罰) (ko) (chebeol)
• Polish: kara cielesna (pl) f
• Portuguese: punição corporal f
• Romanian: pedeapsă corporală (ro) f
• Russian: теле́сное наказа́ние n (telésnoje nakazánije)
• Spanish: castigo corporal m
• Swedish: aga (sv)
• Vietnamese: nhục hình (vi)

See also

• capital punishment
• CP
• spank