Belgium
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belgium
- A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.
Usage notesEdit
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".
SynonymsEdit
- Kingdom of Belgium (official name)
MeronymsEdit
- Wallonia
- Flanders
- Brussels-Capital Region
- Brussels (capital city)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
country in Europe
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See alsoEdit
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 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
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belgium
DeclensionEdit
| 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 termsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.ɡi.um/, [ˈbɛɫ̪ɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈbɛl̠ʲd͡ʒium]
Proper nounEdit
Belgium n sg (genitive Belgiī or Belgī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
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).
DescendantsEdit
- → 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 (beljiyaṃ)
- → 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