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belligerent

/bəˈlɪdʒəənt/buh-LIH-jur-uhnt
/bəˈlɪdʒɚənt/buh-LIH-jur-uhnt

Meaningwaging war

Common meaning: hostile

Other meanings: at war

Journey through time

  1. Latinbellum‘war’
  2. Englishbelligerent‘hostile’ · today

bell also in: rebel

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin bellum ‘war’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry bellum, p. 225 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

rebel

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