belligerent

See also: bel·ligerent

English
WOTD – 12 October 2008

Etymology

From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“I wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“I lead, wage, carry on”)).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/
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Adjective

belligerent (comparative more belligerent, superlative most belligerent)

  1. Engaged in warfare, warring.
  2. Eager to go to war, warlike.
  3. Of or pertaining to war.
  4. (by extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
  5. Acting violently towards others.
  6. Uncooperative.

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Noun

belligerent (plural belligerents)

  1. A state or other armed participant in warfare
    The U.N. sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French belligérant, from Latin belligerēns (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“wage, carry on”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛ.li.ɣəˈrɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: bel‧li‧ge‧rent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

belligerent (comparative belligerenter, superlative belligerentst)

  1. belligerent, engaged in warfare

Inflection
Inflection of belligerent
uninflected belligerent
inflected belligerente
comparative belligerenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial belligerentbelligerenterhet belligerentst
het belligerentste
indefinite m./f. sing. belligerentebelligerenterebelligerentste
n. sing. belligerentbelligerenterbelligerentste
plural belligerentebelligerenterebelligerentste
definite belligerentebelligerenterebelligerentste
partitive belligerentsbelligerenters—

Synonyms

Noun

belligerent m (plural belligerenten)

  1. A belligerent, armed party in warfare

Latin

Verb

belligerent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of belligerō
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