Belgium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Belgium (usually uncountable, plural Belgiums)
- A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.
Usage notes edit
When describing the country's monarch, he or she should not be called "King (or Queen) of Belgium", but "King (or Queen) of the Belgians".
Synonyms edit
- Kingdom of Belgium (official name)
Meronyms edit
- Wallonia
- Flanders
- Brussels-Capital Region
- Brussels (capital city)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
country in Europe
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See also edit
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Belgium
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Belgium | — |
| accusative | Belgiumot | — |
| dative | Belgiumnak | — |
| instrumental | Belgiummal | — |
| causal-final | Belgiumért | — |
| translative | Belgiummá | — |
| terminative | Belgiumig | — |
| essive-formal | Belgiumként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Belgiumban | — |
| superessive | Belgiumon | — |
| adessive | Belgiumnál | — |
| illative | Belgiumba | — |
| sublative | Belgiumra | — |
| allative | Belgiumhoz | — |
| elative | Belgiumból | — |
| delative | Belgiumról | — |
| ablative | Belgiumtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Belgiumé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Belgiuméi | — |
| Possessive forms of Belgium | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Belgiumom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Belgiumod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Belgiuma | — |
| 1st person plural | Belgiumunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Belgiumotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Belgiumuk | — |
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.ɡi.um/, [ˈbɛɫ̪ɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈbɛl̠ʲd͡ʒium]
Proper noun edit
Belgium n sg (genitive Belgiī or Belgī); second declension
- Synonym of Belgica: Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Belgium |
| Genitive | Belgiī Belgī1 |
| Dative | Belgiō |
| Accusative | Belgium |
| Ablative | Belgiō |
| Vocative | Belgium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → English: Belgium
- → Bengali: বেলজিয়াম (beljiẏam)
- → Bishnupriya Manipuri: বেলজিয়াম (bēlajiẏām)
- → Burmese: ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (bhailgyiyam)
- → Dhivehi: ބެލްޖިއަމް (beljiam̊)
- → Dzongkha: བེལ་ཇིཡམ་ (bel jiym)
- → Ewe: Belgium
- → Gujarati: બેલ્જિયમ (beljiyam)
- → Hawaiian: Pelekiuma
- → Hindi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Ilocano: Belgium
- → Kamba: Belgium
- → Kapampangan: Belgium
- → Luhya: Belgium
- → Malay: Belgium
- → Malayalam: ബെൽജിയം (beljiyaṁ)
- → Maori: Peratiamu
- → Marathi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Meru: Belgium
- → Nauruan: Belgium
- → Nepali: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Sanskrit: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
- → Tamil: பெல்ஜியம் (peljiyam)
- → Telugu: బెల్జియం (beljiyaṁ)
- → Thai: เบลเยียม (beel-yîiam)
- → Tok Pisin: Beljiam
- → Urdu: بلجئیم (beljiyam)
- → Yoruba: Belgium
- → Esperanto: Belgio
- Friulian: Belgjo
- → Greek: Βέλγιο (Vélgio)
- → Hungarian: Belgium
- → Interlingua: Belgio
- Italian: Belgio
- Ligurian: Belgiò
- → Scots: Belgium
- Sicilian: Belgiu
- → Silesian: Belgijo
- Venetian: Belgio