Flagellum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flɐdʒˈɛləm/

🇬🇧British English

/flɐdʒˈɛləm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flɐdʒˈɛləm/

3 syllables Say it as /flɐdʒˈɛləm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

scourge

Word Forms

scourge	verb	punish severely; excoriate
flagellate	verb	whip
flagellate	noun	a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Geißel

eine Peitsche, mit der Strafe verhängt wird (oft für pedantischen Humor verwendet)

🇫🇷French

flagelle

un fouet utilisé pour infliger une punition (souvent utilisé pour un humour pédant)

🇪🇸Spanish

flagelo

un látigo usado para infligir castigo (usado a menudo con humor pedante)

🇮🇹Italian

flagello

una frusta usata per infliggere punizioni (spesso usata per umorismo pedante)

🇵🇹Portuguese

flagelo

um chicote usado para infligir punição (frequentemente usado para humor pedante)

🇷🇺Russian

жгутик

кнут, используемый для наказания (часто используется для педантического юмора)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कशाभिका

सज़ा देने के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाने वाला कोड़ा (अक्सर पांडित्यपूर्ण हास्य के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाता है)

🇧🇩Bengali

ফ্ল্যাজেলাম

শাস্তি প্রদানের জন্য ব্যবহৃত একটি চাবুক (প্রায়শই বৃত্তিমূলক হাস্যরসের জন্য ব্যবহৃত)

🇮🇳Tamil

கொடிமரம்

தண்டனை வழங்க பயன்படுத்தப்படும் ஒரு சவுக்கை (பெரும்பாலும் நகைச்சுவைக்கு பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது)

🇮🇳Telugu

జెండా

శిక్ష విధించడానికి ఉపయోగించే కొరడా (తరచుగా పెడాంటిక్ హాస్యం కోసం ఉపయోగిస్తారు)

🇮🇳Marathi

फ्लॅगेलम

शिक्षा देण्यासाठी वापरला जाणारा चाबूक (अनेकदा पेडंटिक विनोदासाठी वापरला जातो)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્લેગેલમ

સજા આપવા માટે વપરાતો ચાબુક (ઘણી વખત પેડન્ટિક રમૂજ માટે વપરાય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಫ್ಲ್ಯಾಜೆಲ್ಲಮ್

ಶಿಕ್ಷೆಯನ್ನು ವಿಧಿಸಲು ಬಳಸುವ ಚಾವಟಿ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನಿಷ್ಠುರ ಹಾಸ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പതാക

ശിക്ഷ നൽകാൻ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ചാട്ട (പലപ്പോഴും പെഡൻ്റിക് നർമ്മത്തിന് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

鞭毛

用于施加惩罚的鞭子（通常用于迂腐的幽默）

🇯🇵Japanese

鞭毛

罰を与えるために使用される鞭（衒学的なユーモアによく使用されます）

🇰🇷Korean

편모

처벌을 가하는 데 사용되는 채찍(종종 현학적인 유머에 사용됨)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

roi

một cây roi dùng để trừng phạt (thường được dùng để nói đùa)

🇹🇭Thai

เฆี่ยน

แส้ที่ใช้ทำการลงโทษ (มักใช้สำหรับอารมณ์ขันอวดดี)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سوط

سوط يستخدم لإيقاع العقوبة (غالبًا ما يستخدم للفكاهة المتحذقة)

🇮🇷Persian

تاژک

شلاقی که برای اعمال تنبیه استفاده می شود (اغلب برای طنز گویی استفاده می شود)

🇹🇷Turkish

kamçı

ceza vermek için kullanılan bir kırbaç (genellikle bilgiçlik taslamak için kullanılır)

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The primary meaning of 'flagellum' is 'a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)'.

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