sexual harassment

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛkʃuəl ˈhæɹəsmənt/, /ˌsɛkʃuəl həˈɹæsmənt/

Noun

sexual harassment (uncountable)

1. Harassment in the form of unwelcome sexual advances.

   All new hires at this job are trained on how to prevent and how to respond to sexual harassment.

Related terms

• sexually harass (verb)

Translations

sexual harassment

• Arabic: تَحَرُّش جِنْسِيّ‎ m (taḥarruš jinsiyy)
• Armenian: սեռական ոտնձգություն (seṙakan otnjgutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: cinsi təcavüz
• Catalan: assetjament sexual (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 性騷擾／性骚扰 (sing³sou¹yiu²)

  Mandarin: 性騷擾／性骚扰 (zh) (xìngsāorǎo)

• Dutch: seksuele intimidatie f, ongewenste intimiteiten
• Esperanto: seksa mobingo
• Finnish: seksuaalinen häirintä (fi)
• French: harcèlement sexuel (fr) m
• Georgian: სექსუალური შევიწროება (seksualuri ševic̣roeba)
• German: sexuelle Belästigung f
• Hebrew: הַטְרָדָה מִינִית‎ (he) f
• Hindi: (Indian English: Eve teasing, only man on woman) ईव-टीज़िंग f (īv-ṭīziṅg)
• Irish: ciapadh gnéasach m
• Italian: molestia sessuale f
• Japanese: セクシャルハラスメント (ja) (sekusharu harasumento), セクハラ (ja) (sekuhara)
• Kazakh: жыныстық алымсақтық (jynystyq alymsaqtyq)
• Kongo: жыныстык асылууга (jınıstık asıluuga)
• Korean: 성희롱 (seonghuirong)
• Lithuanian: seksualinis priekabiavimas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seksuell trakassering m or f

  Nynorsk: seksuell trakassering f

• Polish: molestowanie seksualne n, napastowanie seksualne n
• Portuguese: assédio sexual (pt) m
• Romanian: hărțuire sexuală f
• Russian: сексуа́льные домога́тельства n pl (seksuálʹnyje domogátelʹstva)
• Spanish: acoso sexual m
• Swedish: sexuella trakasserier pl, sexuellt ofredande n
• Turkish: cinsel taciz (tr)
• Ukrainian: сексуа́льні домага́ння n pl (seksuálʹni domahánnja)
• Uzbek: jinsiy shilqimlik
• Vietnamese: quấy rối tình dục
• Welsh: aflonyddwch rhywiol m

References

• “sexual harassment”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• sexual harassment at OneLook Dictionary Search