corporal punishment

corporal punishment

English

Pronunciation

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

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

Arabic: عُقُوبَة بَدَنِيَّة‎ f (ʿuqūba 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 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