tantrum

English

Etymology

From earlier tanterum. Further etymology unknown. Possibly from Tamil தந்திரம் (tantiram, “stratagem, cunning, ruse, tactic, trickery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæntɹəm/

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Noun

tantrum (plural tantrums)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (childish display of bad temper): dummy spit, hissy fit, see also Thesaurus:tantrum

Derived terms

• temper tantrum
• throw a tantrum

Translations

often childish display of bad temper

• Arabic: فورَة غضب, نوبَة غضب, سورَة (ar), هيجان
• Basque: haserrealdi
• Bulgarian: фасон (bg) m (fason), тръшкане n (trǎškane)
• Catalan: enrabiada f, rebequeria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact word, to lose one's temper:) 發脾氣／发脾气 (zh) (fā píqi), 发脾气 (zh) (fā píqi)

• Danish: raserianfald n, hysterisk anfald n, vredesanfald n
• Dutch: driftbui (nl) f
• Finnish: kiukunpuuska (fi), raivonpuuska, raivari (fi), itkupotkuraivari (fi)
• French: accès de colère
• Galician: perrencha (gl) f, rabecha (gl)
• German: Wutanfall (de) m, Ausraster m, Tobsuchtsanfall (de) m
• Greek: νευράκια n pl (nevrákia), (regarding children) πείσματα (el) n pl (peísmata)
• Hebrew: התקף זעם n
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• Hungarian: hiszti (hu), hisztéria (hu), dühkitörés (hu), cirkusz (hu), rapli (hu)
• Icelandic: bræðikast n, illskukast n
• Italian: bizza (it) f
• Japanese: 癇癪 (かんしゃく, kanshaku)
• 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
• Romanian: pandalie (ro) f, toană (ro) f
• Russian: исте́рика (ru) f (istérika), при́ступ гнева m (prístup gneva)
• Spanish: rabieta (es) f, berrinche m, pataleta f, cortón, corajina (es) f, ataque de rabia m
• Swedish: raseriutbrott (sv) n, vredesutbrott n, utbrott (sv) n
• Tagalog: pag-aalumihit

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• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發爛渣／发烂渣, 发烂渣 (faat³ laan⁶ zaa²), 發脾氣／发脾气 (faat³ pei⁴ hei³), 发脾气 (faat³ pei⁴ hei³)

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• Dutch: woedeaanval (nl)
• French: piquer une crise (fr)
• Greek: νεύρα (el) n pl (névra), θυμός (el) m (thymós)
• Italian: scatto d'ira m
• Russian: закати́ть исте́рику pf (zakatítʹ istériku)
• Tagalog: mag-alumihit

Verb

tantrum (third-person singular simple present tantrums, present participle tantruming or tantrumming, simple past and past participle tantrumed or tantrummed)

1. (intransitive) To throw a tantrum.