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): /bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.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.
   • 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times‎^[1]:

     England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago. It was stopped dead in its tracks by a belligerent Springboks defence that simply refused to yield.

5. Acting violently towards others.
6. Uncooperative.

Synonyms

• (eager to fight): aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

Derived terms

• belligerently
• cobelligerent
• nonbelligerent, non-belligerent

Related terms

• bellicose
• belligerence
• belligerency

Translations

engaged in warfare

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: պատերազմող (hy) (paterazmoġ)
• Belarusian: ваю́ючы (vajújučy)
• Bulgarian: вою́ващ (bg) (vojúvašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參戰的／参战的 (zh) (cānzhàn de), 交戰的／交战的 (zh) (jiāozhàn de)

• Danish: krigsførende
• Dutch: belligerent (nl), oorlogvoerend (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: sõdiv
• Finnish: sotaakäyvä
• French: belligérant (fr)
• Galician: belixerante
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: kriegführend (de), Krieg führend (de)
• Hungarian: háborúzó, hadviselő (hu), hadakozó (hu)
• Italian: belligerante (it)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: kaikiri
• Occitan: belligerant (oc)
• Polish: walczący
• Portuguese: beligerante (pt)
• Romanian: beligerant (ro)
• Russian: вою́ющий (ru) (vojújuščij), вражду́ющий (ru) (vraždújuščij)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: beligerante (es)
• Swedish: krigförande
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: вою́ючий (vojújučyj)

eager to go to war

• Belarusian: ваяўні́чы (vajaŭníčy)
• Bulgarian: во́йнствен (bg) (vójnstven)
• Danish: krigslysten
• Dutch: oorlogszuchtig (nl)
• Estonian: sõjakas (et)
• Finnish: sotaisa (fi), sotaintoinen
• French: belliqueux (fr)
• Galician: belixerante
• German: kampflustig (de), kriegerisch (de)
• Italian: bellicoso (it)
• Maori: kaitaua, kaikiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krigersk, stridslysten

• Occitan: bellicós (oc), batalhièr, guerrejaire (oc)
• Polish: wojowniczy (pl)
• Portuguese: beligerante (pt), belicoso (pt)
• Russian: вои́нственный (ru) (voínstvennyj)
• Spanish: bélico (es)
• Swedish: krigslysten
• Ukrainian: войовни́чий (vojovnýčyj)

of or pertaining to war

• Belarusian: вае́нны (vajénny)
• Bulgarian: вое́нен (bg) (voénen)
• Danish: krigs- (da)
• Dutch: oorlogs- (nl), krijgs- (nl)
• Finnish: sota-, sodan (fi) (literally “of war”) (genitive)
• French: bellique (fr)
• Galician: bélico (gl)
• German: Kriegs- (de)
• Italian: bellico (it)
• Latin: bellicus (la)
• Macedonian: воен (voen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krigs- (no)

• Occitan: bellic
• Polish: wojenny (pl)
• Portuguese: bélico (pt)
• Romanian: de război (ro)
• Russian: вое́нный (ru) (vojénnyj)
• Spanish: bélico (es)
• Swedish: krigs- (sv)
• Ukrainian: воє́нний (vojénnyj)

hostile, eager to fight

• Bulgarian: во́йнствен (bg) (vójnstven)
• Danish: stridslysten
• Dutch: strijdlustig (nl), vijandig (nl)
• Estonian: sõjakas (et)
• Finnish: hyökkäävä (fi), riitaisa (fi), riidanhaluinen (fi)
• French: belliqueux (fr)
• German: streitlustig, kampflustig (de)
• Icelandic: herskár, ófriðsamur, deilugjarn
• Italian: bellicoso (it)
• Latin: bellicus (la)
• Maori: ririhau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stridslysten

• Polish: napastliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: beligerante (pt)
• Romanian: belicos (ro) m, certăreț (ro)
• Russian: вражде́бный (ru) (vraždébnyj), вои́нственный (ru) (voínstvennyj)
• Spanish: belicoso (es)
• Swedish: stridslysten (sv)

acting violently

• Finnish: riitaa haastava, väkivaltainen (fi)
• French: belliqueux (fr)
• Icelandic: ófriðsamur, deilugjarn
• Latin: bellicus (la)
• Maori: toheriri, kaikiri
• Portuguese: belicoso (pt)
• Russian: агресси́вный (ru) (agressívnyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} belligerante (it)

Noun

belligerent (plural belligerents)

1. A state or other armed participant in warfare

   The UN sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.

Derived terms

• cobelligerent

Translations

state or other armed participant in warfare

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: պատերազմող կողմ (hy) (paterazmoġ koġm)
• Belarusian: ваюючы бок m (vajujučy bok)
• Bulgarian: воюваща страна (vojuvašta strana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交战国 (jiāozhànguó)

• Dutch: belligerent (nl), oorlogvoerende partij
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sodan osapuoli
• French: belligérant (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Konfliktpartei (de) f
• Hungarian: hadviselő (hu) fél (hu)
• Icelandic: styrjaldaraðili m, deiluaðili m
• Italian: belligerante (it) m
• Japanese: 交戦国 (ja) (kōsen koku) (state), 交戦団体 (ja) (kōsen dantai) (non-state actor)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Old English: wīġbora m
• Polish: strona konfliktu f
• Portuguese: beligerante (pt) m, beligerantes pl
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: воюющая сторона́ (vojujuščaja storoná), уча́стник конфликта (učástnik konflikta)
• Spanish: beligerante (es) m, partes beligerantes f pl, partes enfrentadas f pl
• Thai: คู่สงคราม
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• warmonger

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/

• Audio

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• 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		belligerent	belligerenter	het belligerentst het belligerentste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	belligerente	belligerentere	belligerentste
	n. sing.	belligerent	belligerenter	belligerentste
	plural	belligerente	belligerentere	belligerentste
definite		belligerente	belligerentere	belligerentste
partitive		belligerents	belligerenters	—

Synonyms

• oorlogvoerend

Noun

belligerent m (plural belligerenten)

1. A belligerent, armed party in warfare

Latin

Verb

belligerent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of belligerō