adj
Meaning 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Belgian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɛl.d͡ʒən/
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[ˈbɛl.d͡ʒn̩]
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dated, poetic: [ˈbɛl.ɡi.ən]
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CMU ARPABET: B EH1 L JH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A hypothetical extinct Indo-European language, supposed to have been spoken distinct from Celtic in late prehistory, in certain parts of what has become known as Gaul.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Belgian Queen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a native or inhabitant of Belgium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
Narrower terms: Fleming, Walloon
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhelǵh-? Proto-Celtic *belgosbor. Latin Belgae Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin belgicusder. Proto-Indo-European *gelH-? Proto-Celtic *galnatibor. Latin Gallus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Galliader. ▲ Latin Belgicader. Latin Gallia Belgicaellip. Latin Belgicader. Latin Belgiumbor. English Belgium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Belgian From Belgium + -an.
Across languages
Translations
228 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Belgies — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Albanian: belgjian — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Arabic: بِلْجِيكِيّ (beljīkiyy) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Armenian: բելգիական (belgiakan) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Asturian: belga — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Asturian: belxicanu — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Azerbaijani: belçika — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Azerbaijani: belçikalı — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Basque: belgikar — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Belarusian: бельгі́йскі (bjelʹhíjski) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Bulgarian: белги́йски (belgíjski) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Burmese: ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (bhailgyiyam) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Catalan: belga — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Chinese Mandarin: 比利時的 /比利时的 (Bǐlìshí de) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Czech: belgický — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Danish: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Dutch: Belgisch — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Dutch: Belgische — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Esperanto: belgia — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Esperanto: belguja — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Estonian: belgia — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Faroese: belgiskur — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Finnish: belgialainen — of or pertaining to Belgium
- French: belge — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Friulian: belghe — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Friulian: belgjic — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Georgian: ბელგიური (belgiuri) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- German: belgisch — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Greek: βελγικός (velgikós) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Hawaiian: Pelekiuma — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Hebrew: בלגי (belgi) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Hindi: बेल्जियमी (beljiymī) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Hindi: बैल्जियाई (bailjiyāī) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Hungarian: belga — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Icelandic: belgískur — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Irish: Beilgeach — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Italian: belga — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Japanese: ベルギーの (Berugī no) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Kazakh: бельгиялық (belgiälyq) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Kazakh: бельгия (belgiä) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Khmer: បែលហ្ស៊ិក (baelzɨk) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Korean: 벨기에의 (Belgie-ui) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Kyrgyz: бельгиялык (belgiyalık) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Kyrgyz: бельгия (belgiya) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Lao: ແບນຊິກ (bǣn sik) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Latvian: Beļģijas — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Latvian: beļģisks — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Lithuanian: belgiškas — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Luxembourgish: belsch — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Macedonian: белгиски (belgiski) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Malay: Belgium — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Maltese: Belġjan — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Maltese: Belġjana — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Marathi: बेल्जियन (beljiyan) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Mongolian: бельги (belʹgi) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Norwegian Bokmål: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Norwegian Nynorsk: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Occitan: bèlga — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Occitan: belja — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Persian: بلژیکی (belžiki) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Polish: belgijski — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Portuguese: belga — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Romanian: belgian — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Russian: бельги́йский (belʹgíjskij) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Serbo-Croatian: бѐлгӣјскӣ — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Serbo-Croatian: bèlgījskī — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Slovak: belgický — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Slovene: bélgijski — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Spanish: belga — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Swedish: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Tajik: белгиягӣ (belgiyagi) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Telugu: బెల్జియను (beljiyanu) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Thai: เบลเยียม (beel-yîiam) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Turkish: Belçikalı — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Turkmen: belgiýaly — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Ukrainian: бельгі́йський (belʹhíjsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Ukrainian: бельґі́йський (belʹgíjsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Uyghur: بېلگىيە (bëlgiye) — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Uzbek: belgiyalik — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Uzbek: belgiya — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Vietnamese: Bỉ — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Volapük: Belgänik — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Zhuang: Bijlisiz — of or pertaining to Belgium
- Afrikaans: Belgies — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Albanian: belgjian — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Arabic: بِلْجِيكِيّ (beljīkiyy) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Armenian: բելգիական (belgiakan) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Asturian: belga — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Asturian: belxicanu — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Basque: belgikar — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Belarusian: бельгі́йскі (bjelʹhíjski) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Catalan: belga — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Czech: belgický — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Danish: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Dutch: Belgisch — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Dutch: Belgische — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Esperanto: belga — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Esperanto: belgiana — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Esperanto: belgujana — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Faroese: belgiskur — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Finnish: belgialainen — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- French: belge — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- German: belgisch — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Greek: βελγικός (velgikós) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Hawaiian: Pelekiuma — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Hungarian: belga — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Irish: Beilgeach — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Italian: belga — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Latvian: beļģu — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Latvian: beļģiešu — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Latvian: beļģisks — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Lithuanian: belgiškas — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Maltese: Belġjan — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Maltese: Belġjana — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Marathi: बेल्जियन (beljiyan) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Norwegian Bokmål: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Norwegian Nynorsk: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Polish: belgijski — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Portuguese: belga — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Romanian: belgian — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Russian: бельги́йский (belʹgíjskij) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Serbo-Croatian: belgijski — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Slovak: belgický — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Slovene: bélgijski — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Spanish: belga — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Swedish: belgisk — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Telugu: బెల్జియను (beljiyanu) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Ukrainian: бельгі́йський (belʹhíjsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Volapük: Belgänanik — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Volapük: hi-Belgänanik — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Volapük: ji-Belgänanik — of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people
- Finnish: belgi — extinct hypothetical language
- Afrikaans: Belg — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Albanian: belgjian — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Albanian: belgjiane — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Arabic: بِلْجِيكِيّ (beljīkiyy) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Arabic: بِلْجِيكِيَّة (beljīkiyya) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Armenian: բելգիացի (belgiacʻi) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Asturian: belga — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Asturian: belxicanu — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Asturian: belxicana — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Azerbaijani: belçikalı — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Basque: belgikar — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Belarusian: бельгі́ец (bjelʹhíjec) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Belarusian: бельгі́йка (bjelʹhíjka) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Bulgarian: белги́ец (belgíec) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Bulgarian: белги́йка (belgíjka) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Catalan: belga — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Cherokee: ᎠᏇᎵᏣᎻ (aquelitsami) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Chinese Mandarin: 比利時人 /比利时人 (bǐlìshírén) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Czech: Belgičan — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Czech: Belgičanka — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Danish: belgier — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Dutch: Belg — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Dutch: Belgische — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Esperanto: belgo — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Esperanto: virbelgo — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Esperanto: belgino — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Esperanto: belgiano — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Esperanto: belgianino — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Esperanto: belgujano — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Esperanto: belgujanino — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Estonian: belglane — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Faroese: belgiari — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Finnish: belgialainen — Belgian, person from Belgium
- French: Belge — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Galician: belga — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Georgian: ბელგიელი (belgieli) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- German: Belgier — Belgian, person from Belgium
- German: Belgierin — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Greek: Βέλγος (Vélgos) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Greek: Βελγίδα (Velgída) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Greek: Βέλγα (Vélga) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Hawaiian: Pelekiuma — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Hebrew: בֶּלְגִּי (bélgi) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Hungarian: belga — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Icelandic: Belgi — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Icelandic: Belgar — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Irish: Beilgeach — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Italian: belga — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Japanese: ベルギー人 (berugījin) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Kazakh: бельгиялық (belgiälyq) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Korean: 벨기에인 (belgiein) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Korean: 벨기에 사람 (belgie saram) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Kyrgyz: бельгиялык (belgiyalık) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Latvian: beļģis — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Latvian: beļģietis — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Latvian: beļģiete — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Lithuanian: belgas — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Lithuanian: belgė — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Luxembourgish: Belschen — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Macedonian: Белгиец (Belgiec) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Macedonian: Белгијка (Belgijka) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Marathi: बेल्जियन (beljiyan) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Norwegian Bokmål: belgier — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Norwegian Nynorsk: belgiar — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Persian: بلژیکی (belžiki) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Polish: Belg — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Polish: Belgijka — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Portuguese: belga — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Romanian: belgian — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Romanian: belgiană — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Romanian: belgiancă — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Russian: бельги́ец (belʹgíjec) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Russian: бельги́йка (belʹgíjka) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Serbo-Croatian: Белгија́нац — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Serbo-Croatian: Белгијанка — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Serbo-Croatian: Belgijánac — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Serbo-Croatian: Belgijanka — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Slovak: Belgičan — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Slovak: Belgičanka — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Slovene: Bélgijec — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Slovene: Bélgijka — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Spanish: belga — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Swahili: Mbelgiji — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Swedish: belgare — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Swedish: belgiska — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Tajik: белгиягӣ (belgiyagi) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Telugu: బెల్జియను (beljiyanu) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Turkish: Belçikalı — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Turkmen: belgiýaly — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Ukrainian: бельгі́єць (belʹhíjecʹ) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Ukrainian: бельгі́йка (belʹhíjka) — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Uzbek: belʼgiyalik — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Vietnamese: người Bỉ — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Volapük: Belgänan — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Volapük: hi-Belgänan — Belgian, person from Belgium
- Volapük: ji-Belgänan — Belgian, person from Belgium
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