bullying

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊl.i.ɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Etymology 1

From bully +‎ -ing.

Noun

bullying (countable and uncountable, plural bullyings)

An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
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Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Polish: bullying
→ Portuguese: bullying
→ Russian: буллинг (bulling)
→ Spanish: bullying

Translations

act of intimidating a person

Arabic: إِرْهَاب m (ʔirhāb), تَنَمُّر m (tanammur)
Czech: šikana (cs) f, šikanování n
Esperanto: ĉikanado
Finnish: kiusaaminen (fi), pakottaminen (fi)
French: harcèlement (fr) m
Georgian: ჩაგვრა (čagvra), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba), დაშინება (dašineba), ძალადობა (ʒaladoba), დევნა (devna)
German: Schikanieren n, Schikane (de) f, Drangsalieren n
Greek: νταηλίκι (el) n (ntaïlíki)
Guaraní: ñembosarái
Irish: bulaíocht f
Italian: bullismo (it) m
Japanese: 嫌がらせ (ja) (いやがらせ, iyagarase)
Korean: 괴롭힘 (ko) (goerophim), 핍박(逼迫) (ko) (pipbak)
Macedonian: застрашување n (zastrašuvanje)
Polish: znęcanie się (pl) n
Portuguese: bullying (pt) m, vexação f, assédio (pt) m, abuso (pt) m, intimidação (pt)
Russian: запу́гивание (ru) n (zapúgivanije)
Scottish Gaelic: burraidheachd f
Slovak: šikanovanie (sk) n
Spanish: vejación (es) f, ultraje (es) m, acoso (es) m, hostigamiento (es) m, bullying m (búliin), matonaje m, matonismo m, buleo m
Ukrainian: знущання n (znuščannja)

persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant

Arabic: تَنَمُّر m (tanammur)
Armenian: ահաբեկում (hy) (ahabekum), ահաբեկչություն (hy) (ahabekčʻutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: zorbalıq
Belarusian: цкава́нне n (ckavánnje), бу́лінг m (búlinh)
Bulgarian: тормо́з (bg) m (tormóz), поти́скане (bg) n (potískane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欺負 / 欺负 (zh) (qīfu), 恃強欺弱 / 恃强欺弱 (zh) (shìqiángqīruò), 恃強凌弱 (zh) (shìqiánglíngruò), 欺凌 (zh) (qīlíng), 霸凌 (zh) (bàlíng)
Czech: šikana (cs) f, šikanování n
Danish: mobning (da) c
Esperanto: ĉikanado
Finnish: kiusaaminen (fi)
French: harcèlement (fr) m
Georgian: ბულინგი (bulingi), ჩაგვრა (čagvra), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba), დაშინება (dašineba), ძალადობა (ʒaladoba), დევნა (devna)
German: Mobbing (de) n, Mobben n, Piesacken n, Piesackerei f, Drangsalieren n, Tyrannisieren n
Greenlandic: malersuineq
Icelandic: einelti (is) n
Irish: bulaíocht f
Japanese: いじめ (ja) (ijime), 嫌がらせ (ja) (いやがらせ, iyagarase)
Korean: 괴롭힘 (ko) (goerophim), 이지메 (ijime)
Latvian: ņirgāšanās f
Macedonian: задевање n (zadevanje)
Persian: قلدری (fa) (qoldori)
Polish: bullying (pl) m, znęcanie się (pl) n
Portuguese: bullying (pt) m
Russian: издева́тельства (ru) n pl (izdevátelʹstva), (army) дедовщи́на (ru) f (dedovščína), задира́ние (ru) n (zadiránije), тра́вля (ru) f (trávlja), бу́ллинг (ru) m (búlling)
Scottish Gaelic: burraidheachd f
Serbo-Croatian: vršnjačko nasilje n
Slovak: šikanovanie (sk) n
Slovene: ustrahovanje n
Spanish: bullying m (búliin), mobbing m (mobin), buleo m, lorneo m (Peru)
Swedish: mobbning (sv) c
Turkish: zorbalık (tr)
Ukrainian: знуща́ння n (znuščánnja), цькува́ння (uk) n (cʹkuvánnja), бу́лінг m (búlinh)

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} ceanntrom m
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} いじめ (ja) (ijime)

Etymology 2

From bully +‎ -ing.

Verb

bullying

present participle and gerund of bully

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bullying.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbu.liŋk/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -uliŋk
Syllabification: bu‧llying

Noun

bullying m inan

bullying (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant)
Synonym: znęcanie się

Declension

Declension of bullying

	singular
nominative	bullying
genitive	bullyingu
dative	bullyingowi
accusative	bullying
instrumental	bullyingiem
locative	bullyingu
vocative	bullyingu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

búlingue (adapted form)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bullying.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lĩ.ɡɨ/

Noun

bullying m (uncountable)

bullying (persistent acts intended to make someone’s life unpleasant)

Derived terms

bullyinar (“to bully”)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bullying.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbuliin/ [ˈbu.li.ĩn]
Rhymes: -uliin

Noun

bullying m (uncountable)

bullying
Synonyms: acoso escolar, hostigamiento escolar

¡No me hagas bullying! ― Don't bully me!

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

bullying

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

See also

Further reading