violent

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (strength). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/, /ˈvaɪ.lənt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪlənt
  • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lent,
vio‧lent
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AdjectiveEdit

violent (comparative violenter or more violent, superlative violentest or most violent)

  1. Involving extreme force or motion.
    A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
  2. Involving physical conflict.
    We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if necessary.
  3. Likely to use physical force.
    The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.
  4. Intensely vivid.
    The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.
  5. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.

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VerbEdit

violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, [], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: [] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, [], published 1837, OCLC 913056315:
      a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial

NounEdit

violent (plural violents)

  1. (obsolete) An assailant.
    • 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety:
      Did the Covetous extortioner observe that he is involv'd in the same sentence, [and] remember that such Violents shall take not heaven, but hell, by force.

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

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AdjectiveEdit

violent (feminine violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)

  1. violent

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FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old French violent, borrowed from Latin violentus.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

violent (feminine violente, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)

  1. violent
  2. severe

Etymology 2Edit

Inflected forms.

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VerbEdit

violent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of violer

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

violent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of violō

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French violent, from Latin violentus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˌviːɔlˈɛnt/, /ˌviːəlˈɛnt/, /viəlˈɛnt/, /ˈviːəlɛnt/

AdjectiveEdit

violent (plural and weak singular violente)

  1. Violent, forcible, injury-causing.
  2. Potent, mighty, damaging, forceful
  3. Severe, extreme; excessive in magnitude.
  4. Tending to cause injuries; likely to cause violence.
  5. Abrupt; happening without warning or notice.
  6. (rare) Despotic, authoritarian; ruling unfairly.

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DescendantsEdit

  • English: violent

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OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin violentus.

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AdjectiveEdit

violent m (feminine singular violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentas)

  1. violent

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

AdjectiveEdit

violent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular violent or violente)

  1. violent (using violence)

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PiedmonteseEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

violent

  1. violent

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French violent, Latin violentus.

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AdjectiveEdit

violent m or n (feminine singular violentă, masculine plural violenți, feminine and neuter plural violente)

  1. violent

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