child abuse

child abuse

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃaɪldəbjuːs/

Noun

child abuse (uncountable)

1. (criminology) Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage. [from 20th c.]

Hypernyms

• child molestation
• child neglect

Derived terms

• child abuser

Translations

mistreatment of a child

Afrikaans: kindermishandeling Catalan: maltractament infantil m Chinese: Mandarin: 兒童虐待／儿童虐待 (zh) (értóng nüèdài), 虐待兒童／虐待儿童 (nüèdài értóng), 虐童 (zh) (nüètóng) Dutch: kindermishandeling (nl) f, kindermisbruik (nl) n Finnish: lasten hyväksikäyttö French: maltraitance sur mineur f German: Kindesmisshandlung (de) f, Kindesmissbrauch (de) m Hungarian: gyermekbántalmazás (hu) Italian: abuso minorile Japanese: 児童虐待 (じどうぎゃくたい, jidō gyakutai) Kazakh: балаға зорлық (balağa zorlyq) Norwegian: barnemishandling (no) Portuguese: abuso infantil m Romanian: abuz asupra copilului Russian: наси́лие над детьми́ n (nasílije nad detʹmí) Spanish: abuso de menores m Swedish: barnmisshandel (sv) c Turkish: çocuk istismarı

Further reading

• child abuse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• child abuse at OneLook Dictionary Search