violent
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/, /ˈvaɪ.lənt/
- Rhymes: -aɪlənt
- Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lent, vio‧lent
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Adjective edit
violent (comparative violenter or more violent, superlative violentest or most violent)
- Involving extreme force or motion.
- A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
- Involving physical conflict.
- We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if necessary.
- Likely to use physical force.
- The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.
- Intensely vivid.
- The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- We have already observed, that he was a very good-natured fellow, and he hath himself declared the violent attachment he had to the person and character of Jones […]
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
- These violent delights have violent ends.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- and no violent state by his own Maxim, can be perpetual,
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
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Verb edit
violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented)
- (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
- a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial
Noun edit
violent (plural violents)
- (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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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin violentus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
violent (feminine violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)
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Further reading edit
- “violent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “violent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “violent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “violent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French violent, borrowed from Latin violentus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
violent (feminine violente, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected forms.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /vjɔl/
- Homophones: viole, violes
Verb edit
violent
Further reading edit
- “violent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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violent
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Etymology edit
From Old French violent, from Latin violentus.
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Adjective edit
violent (plural and weak singular violente)
- Violent, forcible, injury-causing.
- Potent, mighty, damaging, forceful
- Severe, extreme; excessive in magnitude.
- Tending to cause injuries; likely to cause violence.
- Abrupt; happening without warning or notice.
- (rare) Despotic, authoritarian; ruling unfairly.
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Descendants edit
- English: violent
References edit
- “vī̆olent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-30.
Occitan edit
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violent m (feminine singular violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentas)
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Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin violentus.
Adjective edit
violent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular violent or violente)
- violent (using violence)
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violent
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French violent, Latin violentus.
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violent m or n (feminine singular violentă, masculine plural violenți, feminine and neuter plural violente)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | violent | violentă | violenți | violente | ||
definite | violentul | violenta | violenții | violentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | violent | violente | violenți | violente | ||
definite | violentului | violentei | violenților | violentelor |