Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bellicōsus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bel.liˈko.zo/, (traditional) /bel.liˈko.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: bel‧li‧có‧so

Adjective edit

bellicoso (feminine bellicosa, masculine plural bellicosi, feminine plural bellicose, superlative bellicosissimo)

  1. warlike, bellicose (of a nation or people)
  2. belligerent, combative (of a person)

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • bellicoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • bellicoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • bellicoso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • bellicóso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • bellicóso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

bellicōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bellicōsus