maltreatment

English

Etymology

From maltreat +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /malˈtɹiːtmənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /malˈtɹit.mɛnt/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

maltreatment (countable and uncountable, plural maltreatments)

1. Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

Translations

cruel or harmful treatment

• Bulgarian: малтретиране n (maltretirane)
• Czech: týrání n
• Dutch: mishandeling (nl) f
• French: sévice (fr) m, maltraitement (fr) m
• German: Misshandlung (de) f
• Italian: maltrattamento (it) m
• Japanese: 虐待 (ja) (gyakutai), 差別 (ja) (sabetsu), 冷遇 (ja) (reigū)
• Latin: contumēlia f
• Maori: tūkinonga, rurerurenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mishandling m or f

  Nynorsk: mishandling f

• Spanish: maltrato (es) m, abuso (es) m
• Swedish: vanvård (sv) c