From earlier tanterum . Further etymology unknown.
tantrum (plural tantrums )
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.
Baby Shawn threw a tantrum when he was told the bicycle was not his.
2003 , Saralea E. Chazan, Simultaneous Treatment of Parent and Child , page 185 :When he became frustrated, he threw a tantrum , and his mother would attempt to comfort him.
often childish display of bad temper
Arabic: فَوْرة غَضَب f ( fawra(t) ḡaḍab ) , نَوْبة غَضَب f ( nawba(t) ḡaḍab ) , سَوْرة (ar) f ( sawra ) , هَيَجان m ( hayajān )
Basque: haserrealdi
Bikol Central: urag-urag (bcl)
Bulgarian: фасон (bg) m ( fason ) , тръшкане n ( trǎškane )
Catalan: enrabiada (ca) f , rebequeria (ca) f , enreveixinament m , rabiola f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ( no exact word, to lose one's temper: ) 發脾氣 / 发脾气 (zh) ( fā píqi )
Czech: záchvat vzteku
Danish: raserianfald n , hysterisk anfald n , vredesanfald n , raseriudbrud n
Dutch: driftbui (nl) f , woedeaanval (nl) m
Finnish: kiukunpuuska (fi) , raivonpuuska , raivari (fi) , itkupotkuraivari (fi)
French: excès de colère , caprice (fr) m
Galician: perrencha (gl) f , rabecha (gl) , cabuxo (gl) m
German: Wutanfall (de) m , Ausraster m , Koller (de) m , Tobsuchtsanfall (de) m
Greek: νευράκια n pl ( nevrákia ) , ( regarding children ) πείσματα (el) n pl ( peísmata )
Hebrew: התקף זעם n
Hungarian: hiszti (hu) , hisztéria (hu) , dühkitörés (hu) , cirkusz (hu) , rapli (hu)
Icelandic: bræðikast n , illskukast n
Italian: bizza (it) f , capriccio (it) m
Japanese: 癇癪 (ja) ( かんしゃく , kanshaku) , ぎゃんなき ( gyannaki )
Kapampangan: kasat
Maori: rūtakitanga , rūtānga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: raserianfall n , raseriutbrudd n , slå seg vrang (no) ( verb )
Persian: کج خلقی , خشم (fa) , قهر (fa)
Polish: histeria (pl)
Portuguese: birra (pt) , chilique (pt) , piti (pt) m , pirraça (pt)
Romanian: pandalie (ro) f , toană (ro) f
Russian: исте́рика (ru) f ( istérika ) , при́ступ гнева m ( prístup gneva )
Serbo-Croatian: izljev bijesa m , napad bijesa m
Spanish: rabieta (es) f , berrinche (es) m , pataleta f , cortón , corajina (es) f , perrera f
Swedish: raserianfall (sv) n , raseriutbrott (sv) n , vredesutbrott (sv) n , utbrott (sv) n
Tagalog: pag-aalumihit
Translations to be checked
tantrum (third-person singular simple present tantrums , present participle tantruming or tantrumming , simple past and past participle tantrumed or tantrummed )
( intransitive ) To throw a tantrum .